Challenge

WSZ Legend Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas 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. A sloppy throw-in by LeBron Kavin in the 3rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Venezuela's Patricio Costa. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aipytos Vardoulakis was slow to take the kick. During this time White StarZ's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernst Vestlund in the 8th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Ernst Vestlund came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the White StarZ 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 Ernst Vestlund couldn't finish the play. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernst Vestlund, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fausto Bertol received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 17 minutes, Jonathan Ferrant successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Fausto Bertol could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Fausto Bertol could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. In the 32nd minute Jordi Peñaranda 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. In the 33rd minute, Fausto Bertol reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. The goal made the score 1-0. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernst Vestlund in the 38th minute of the match. After having played for 41 minutes, Ernst Vestlund managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. White StarZ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ernst Vestlund was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fausto Bertol received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Fausto Bertol slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 46th minute.

White StarZ made a substitution. Carlos Macias replaced Inocencio Nazario. LeBron Kavin kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 64th 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. 68 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Ernst Vestlund came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Patricio Costa's late challenge caught a White StarZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Patricio Costa helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Camilo Gaos got a free kick in the 72nd minute. In the 74th minute Ernst Vestlund 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. 79 minutes into the game, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gonçalo Vides made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 82nd minute of play forced White StarZ's goalkeeper Gonçalo Vides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by White StarZ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomas Illescas was slow to take the kick. During this time Venezuela's players had a chance to rest. When the referee ended the match the White StarZ players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.