Challenge

Nemesis Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Michal Kalamar started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Burning Angels's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Filip Rábik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 4 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Filip Rábik narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Filip Rábik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Burning Angels's attentive Matúš Hanuščak managed to snatch the ball when Guillermo Mariano made a throw-in in the 10th minute of the game. Burning Angels's attentive Peter Popík managed to snatch the ball when Alex Chicote made a throw-in in the 12th minute of the game. When Patricio Costa came up free with the goalie in the 14th 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. Rado Gazdík hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. 17 minutes into the game, Patricio Costa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Filip Rábik was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Venezuela's Tomas Illescas in the 23rd minute got a chance for a shot 23rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Burning Angels's goalie prevented a goal. Filip Rábik stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Illescas's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. Laco Kuzma'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. Laco Kuzma helped the player get up and apologised. Laco Kuzma kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 44 minutes into the match, Patricio Costa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Filip Rábik. Burning Angels's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Patricio Costa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. 48 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Filip Rábik narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tomas Illescas's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Filip Rábik firmly grabbed it by the left post. Tomas Illescas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Filip Rábik having to make a save. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filip Rábik having to interfere. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Filip Rábik made a huge save. In the 66th minute, Tomas Illescas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Filip Rábik was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Illescas in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Filip Rábik saved Burning Angels from getting behind. Filip Rábik made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. In the 72nd minute, Tomas Illescas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Filip Rábik. The goal made the score 0-4. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 78 minutes into the match, Burning Angels's goalkeeper Filip Rábik had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. In the 79th minute, Rado Gazdík hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 81st minute of play forced Burning Angels's goalkeeper Filip Rábik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Burning Angels's Filip Rábik proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Burning Angels from getting a goal against them. A sloppy throw-in by Salvador Gisbert in the 85th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Burning Angels's Laco Kuzma. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Filip Rábik made a huge save.