Challenge

Jerry Park
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Czeslaw Tipinski started the match with the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Bogumil Wawro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 1-0 in the 5 minute of play. After 10 minutes of play, Brow Team's Feliks Klejnowski made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 15th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Siekierski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 16th minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. Brow Team's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tomas Illescas ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Rigoberto Mina heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. 19 minutes into the match, Brow Team's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Igor Siekierski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rd minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Siekierski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Brow Team's zone, Patricio Costa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Igor Siekierski came out of the goal and Patricio Costa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Brow Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zachary Wojno didn't get a good kick on the ball. Igor Siekierski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patricio Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Brow Team's Igor Siekierski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 34th minute of play. After 35 minutes Brow Team's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tomas Illescas who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Venezuela's Tomas Illescas to fire away a dangerous shot which Igor Siekierski despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 37 minutes Brow Team's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tomas Illescas who took care of the corner kick. Tomas Illescas made a great header on Venezuela's corner, it was just that Brow Team's Igor Siekierski managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Czeslaw Tipinski got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

In the 60th minute Franciszek Modliszewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Czeslaw Tipinski in the 63rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Feliks Klejnowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 75 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Czeslaw Tipinski came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Andrzej Cichocki kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. 80 minutes into the match, Brow Team's goalkeeper Igor Siekierski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mariusz Mroczynski went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. After 90 played minutes Brow Team got a freekick which was hit by Kryspin Owsiak. 93 minutes into the match, Mariusz Mroczynski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mariusz Mroczynski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. In the 96th minute, Mariusz Mroczynski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Brow Team fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0.