Challenge

SUPERNOVA ARENA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Illescas made the kick off which started today's match. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Brennan Johnson in the 3rd minute of play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 7 minutes into the game, when Eriberto Cefero put in a rough tackle. In the 6th minute, one of DESTROY:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for DESTROY. In the 14th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silverio Gonsalve saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Guillermo Mariano hit a great ball. DESTROY's Zhuang Hai Xu shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 20th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Jonathan Ferrant but with some difficulty. Armando Maradona succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 25th playminute. If Armando Maradona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fausto Hotz made in the 32nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Zhuang Hai Xu however managed to control. 37 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Armando Maradona came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 37th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. After 40 played minutes DESTROY got a freekick which was hit by Fausto Hotz. Armando Maradona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Armando Maradona to strike the kick off in the second half. After 53 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Venezuela! Jonathan Ferrant had in the 54thth minute some difficulties stopping Zhuang Hai Xu's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 60 minutes in the game 武 Messi did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Zhuang Hai Xu. In the 66th minute, 武 Messi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Isidro Valente received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidro Valente in the 75th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 77th minute, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isidro Valente, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. A nice corner shot did that Zhuang Hai Xu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 82nd minute Zhuang Hai Xu 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. After having played for 84 minutes, Isidro Valente managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. DESTROY's supporters crossed their fingers, but Isidro Valente was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. Isidro Valente received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, DESTROY's Silverio Gonsalve got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Isidro Valente charged in rather forcefully in the 99th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Isidro Valente the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 99th minute, Isidro Valente hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.