Challenge

Estadio Arena Abril.
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cléber Catarinense took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes in the game, Severino Bruggink fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Sport Club Abrilense's Severino Bruggink shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Dan Rüdy tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sport Club Abrilense's attack was well implemented in the 20th minute, but when Tobias Felo was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. After 22 minutes, Florian Zawadzki mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sport Club Abrilense and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Sport Club Abrilense getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Florian Zawadzki hit a great ball. 24 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Severino Bruggink came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Severino Bruggink, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Tobias Felo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sport Club Abrilense's supporters rose to their feet, but Tobias Felo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Severino Bruggink in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. After 34 minutes of play, Sport Club Abrilense's Severino Bruggink made it 3-0 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! The audience thought a goal was coming when Cléber Catarinense got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Dan Rüdy tried to sneak it across the goal line. 43 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Severino Bruggink came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomas Illescas made a kick off. Cléber Catarinense sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 58th minute, Severino Bruggink left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sport Club Abrilense fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Leopoldo Dominix tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dan Rüdy in the 76th minute of the match. Israel Edorta hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Sport Club Abrilense made a substitution. Silvio Checa replaced Tobias Felo. Sport Club Abrilense made a substitution. German Estevez replaced Severino Bruggink. In the 78th minute, Israel Edorta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leandro Luix's late challenge caught a Venezuela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leandro Luix helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Sport Club Abrilense was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leandro Luix didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Leopoldo Dominix made a huge save. After 83 minutes, Camilo Gaos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the Sport Club Abrilense players grew even worse after the yellow card. Camilo Gaos kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Dan Rüdy was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 84th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 89th minute, Tomas Illescas fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Leopoldo Dominix, passed just outside the right post. When Patricio Costa came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Venezuela fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Patricio Costa couldn't finish the play.