Challenge

Estádio Mojeiro
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 3 minutes into the match, Predador's goal looked a bit too open when Joshua Secada came free, but Mathias Leite reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 5 minutes into the match, Predador's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Mathias Leite reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Predador's Mathias Leite played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patricio Costa in the 9th minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Marco Neto in the 17th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Venezuela's Alex Chicote. In the 19th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mathias Leite saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Predador defense, Tomas Illescas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mathias Leite. The Predador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mathias Leite should have stopped the shot. Guillermo Mariano got a throw-in 30 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Tomas Illescas. Predador's attentive Elias Sergipano managed to snatch the ball when Guillermo Mariano made a throw-in in the 32nd minute of the game. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 44th minute, Cássio Miranda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 46th minute, Tomas Illescas made a precise shot to the right of Mathias Leite. Predador's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Amauri Mineiro to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the game, Salvador Gisbert threw the ball into play from the sideline. Predador's Evaristo Antunes quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 55 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mathias Leite narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 57th minute, Patricio Costa made a precise shot to the right of Mathias Leite. Predador's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 61st minute, Tomas Illescas got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 64th match minute, Predador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Baltazar Viana to maneuver through the defense. Joshua Secada might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mathias Leite. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Joshua Secada ran back to his position shaking his head. Predador's Mathias Leite proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Predador from getting a goal against them. In the 78th minute, Tomas Illescas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Venezuela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. A collision led to Predador getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Evaristo Antunes hit a great ball. 83 minutes in the game Rigoberto Mina did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Tomas Illescas. Salvador Gisbert made in the 89th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Predador's Evaristo Antunes. In the 90th minute, Venezuela's Patricio Costa dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match was over Venezuela could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Predador throughout the match.