Challenge

Arena do Morro
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marcelinho Alagoano made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, E.C.MORGANTI's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Nichifor Măgurean reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Venezuela were awarded a corner in the 4th minute after E.C.MORGANTI's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomas Illescas took the corner. E.C.MORGANTI's Nichifor Măgurean 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. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Nichifor Măgurean showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. In the 18th minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. E.C.MORGANTI's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tomas Illescas ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 19 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Camilo Gaos. Júnior Gordeenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Júnior Gordeenkos short, quick shot in the 28thth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabrício Vides in the 32nd minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when E.C.MORGANTI's Marcelinho Alagoano shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcelinho Alagoano, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. The supporters of Venezuela booed when E.C.MORGANTI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edson Guimarães didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 41 played minutes E.C.MORGANTI got a freekick which was hit by Alexandre Diniz. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Júnior Gordeenko in the 44th minute. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got a free kick in the 45th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. The supporters of E.C.MORGANTI booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Camilo Gaos didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. In the 60thth minute of the game Júnior Gordeenko 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. 65 minutes into the game, Tomas Illescas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezuela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave E.C.MORGANTI the free kick. In the 70th minute, Marcelinho Alagoano left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The E.C.MORGANTI fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Marcelinho Alagoano might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marcelinho Alagoano ran back to his position shaking his head. 74 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Marcelinho Alagoano came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in E.C.MORGANTI's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nichifor Măgurean came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Júnior Gordeenko in the 78th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. A nice corner shot did that Júnior Gordeenko got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Júnior Gordeenko scored 4-0 in the 81st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 85th minute of the match E.C.MORGANTI got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Connor Schwarzenegger ran over to the corner to take the kick. Tomas Illescass short, quick shot in the 88thth minute got Nichifor Măgurean to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelinho Alagoano in the 92nd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomas Illescas had several of the E.C.MORGANTI's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 94 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 4-1 score and a disappointed Nichifor Măgurean as he didn't even see the shot coming. E.C.MORGANTI's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.