Challenge

Treter Field
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gottlieb Hammer took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gottlieb Hammer in the 3rd minute. After 5 minutes, Jacob van der Werff mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Balus Treter and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 6th match minute, Balus Treter was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacob van der Werff to maneuver through the defense. After 8 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Guillermo Mariano. Gottlieb Hammer in the 9thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 10 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Elivélton Tavares who took care of the corner kick. The crowd rose to their feet as Gottlieb Hammer kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 1-0 in the 15 minute of play. Gottlieb Hammer blasted a shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. 25 minutes into the match, Gottlieb Hammer notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Gottlieb Hammer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Balus Treter booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guillermo Mariano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gottlieb Hammer might have been able to make a better finish in the 38th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gottlieb Hammer ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gottlieb Hammer got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

52 minutes into the game, Venezuela's Patricio Costa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Karsten Zielinski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. The audience was convinced that Gottlieb Hammer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Gottlieb Hammer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Elivélton Tavares charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elivélton Tavares the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Balus Treter was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elivélton Tavares didn't get a good kick on the ball. 73 minutes into the match, Balus Treter's goalkeeper Karsten Zielinski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Gottlieb Hammer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Gottlieb Hammer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the referee ended the match the Balus Treter players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.