Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Emil Kapinos took the kick off in the first half of the match. SMOKI's Patryk Glozor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 6th minute of play. In the 16th minute, Jonathan Venegas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 18th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Venegas to maneuver through the defense. SMOKI's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Zdzislaw Smuskiewicz in the 23rd minute. Zdzislaw Smuskiewicz made a great header on SMOKI's corner, it was just that Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant managed to reach the ball for a save. Zdzislaw Smuskiewicz blasted a shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. Emil Kapinos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Patryk Glozor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 34th minute of play. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. After 40 minutes, Patricio Costa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the SMOKI players grew even worse after the yellow card. Patricio Costa kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Zdzislaw Smuskiewicz 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. When Patricio Costa was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 45 minutes had been played. The supporters of SMOKI booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 48th minute of the match Janusz Niziolek sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant skillfully saved the ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Venezuela booed when SMOKI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Feliks Czarnecki didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Emil Kapinos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. In the 66th minute, Feliks Czarnecki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emil Kapinos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Janusz Niziolek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Emil Kapinos took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zdzislaw Smuskiewicz in the 77th minute of the match. After 78 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Zdzislaw Smuskiewicz who took care of the corner kick. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by SMOKI's Artur Bentkowski. But to his dismay, Artur Bentkowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. In the 85th 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. Patryk Glozor made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 87th minute. Venezuela's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.