Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Illescas got the match started through his kick off. Tomas Illescas charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tomas Illescas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a free kick in the 3rd minute. 6 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Arkadiusz Solecki came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 10th minute Zygmunt Bielejewski 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. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artaç Hendekli in the 13th minute of play. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michel Batistuta in the 15th minute of play. 19 minutes into the match, Boleslaw Nakoneczny notched a goal, 0-1, 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Michel Batistuta in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Michel Batistuta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. 31 minutes into the match, Michel Batistuta notched a goal, 0-4, 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. The supporters of STAL ST WOLA booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guillermo Mariano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zygmunt Bielejewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. STAL ST WOLA were furious when Damian Hodas was red carded, 46 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. STAL ST WOLA made a substitution. Stanislaw Domin replaced Michel Batistuta. In the 49th minute, Tomas Illescas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roman Matai was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-4 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Zygmunt Bielejewski made a kick off. Mikolaj Lech blasted a shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 67th minute of the game. One of STAL ST WOLA:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Venezuela:s goal. If Artaç Hendekli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 79 minutes into the match, Zygmunt Bielejewski notched a goal, 2-6, 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. Zygmunt Bielejewski was extremely unlucky when he, in the 83rd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. After 89 minutes of play, STAL ST WOLA's Artaç Hendekli made it 2-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. Zygmunt Bielejewski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 99th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.