Challenge

Alvara Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After 3 played minutes Alvara got a freekick which was hit by Armandinho Vasconcelos. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nelson Palmeira in the 6th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Nesho Karadakov sent off a good shot on target. 8 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mateus Félix. Salvador Gisbert hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. Zachary Bugno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 20th minute of play. Venezuela were awarded a corner in the 21th minute after Alvara's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomas Illescas took the corner. After taking down the ball on Venezuela's corner Tomas Illescas fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Zachary Bugno quite easily take care of the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Nesho Karadakov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 1-0 in the 24 minute of play. In the 28th minute, Tomas Illescas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tomas Illescas scored 1-1 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zachary Bugno, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mateus Félix, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. In the 46th minute of the match Alvara 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. André Lucas ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Nesho Karadakov made the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Mateus Félix managed to get in a good position for a shot. Alvara's supporters rose to their feet, but Mateus Félix was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Nelson Palmeira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zachary Bugno stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Illescas's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 64th minute of play forced Alvara's goalkeeper Zachary Bugno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Alvara's Zachary Bugno got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zachary Bugno having to interfere. When Jonathan Venegas fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Venezuela's protests and gave Jonathan Venegas a yellow card for diving instead. In the 80th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Venegas to maneuver through the defense. Zachary Bugno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 83rd minute of play. In the 85th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Venegas to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nesho Karadakov in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. After 91 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. In the 93rd minute, Nesho Karadakov 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. Venezuela succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Alvara had controlled the match.