Challenge

Paltratico
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Pro Victoria's Xu Guang Hong 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. In the 9th match minute, Pro Victoria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xu Guang Hong to maneuver through the defense. In the 10th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 13th minute of play forced Pro Victoria's goalkeeper Concetto Ciaccia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 14th minute of play forced Pro Victoria's goalkeeper Concetto Ciaccia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomas Illescas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Concetto Ciaccia having to make a save. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Concetto Ciaccia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 22nd 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: 0-1. Concetto Ciaccia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patricio Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Xu Guang Hong in the 27th minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Wodaszak in the 34th minute of the match. In the 36th minute Pro Victoria were awarded a corner. Hemmo Ahrens went to the cornerflag to take it. Joel Pepper kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Pro Victoria's Concetto Ciaccia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 39th minute of play. Amedeo Cesareo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Concetto Ciaccia was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomas Illescas made a kick off. Pro Victoria's Concetto Ciaccia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 51st minute of play. In the 53rdth minute of the game Amedeo Cesareo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Amedeo Cesareo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xu Guang Hong in the 59th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cosimo Castellani in the 60th minute of play. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Zakariás Somogyi 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. Concetto Ciaccia made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 65th minute. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cosimo Castellani in the 69th minute of play. After 70 minutes of play, Pro Victoria's Zakariás Somogyi made it 2-1 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! After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 78th minute. Tomas Illescas who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 81stth minute tested the skills of Concetto Ciaccia when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The supporters of Pro Victoria booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jonathan Venegas didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 84th minute, Hemmo Ahrens 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. 87 minutes into the game, Xu Guang Hong cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, Pro Victoria's Hemmo Ahrens got a free kick in the 95th minute. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Concetto Ciaccia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Pro Victoria fully deserved thier win.