Challenge

Nonatos Trafford
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Illescas made the kick off which started today's match. Nonatos United's Richard-Dean Textex played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 2nd minute of play. 5 minutes into the match, Nonatos United's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Richard-Dean Textex reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ion Hritcu struck a weak shot in the 6th minute. Jonathan Ferrant didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Nonatos United. Patricio Costa's late challenge caught a Nonatos United'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. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Patricio Costa hit a great ball. Ion Hritcu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 12th minute, Tomas Illescas 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. Guillermo Mariano made in the 15th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Tomas Illescas immediately put the ball in play. If Jose Correa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Guillermo Mariano made in the 20th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Tomas Illescas immediately put the ball in play. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Richard-Dean Textex 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 21st minute. Joshua Secada recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Guillermo Mariano made in the 26th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Tomas Illescas immediately put the ball in play. The throw-in from Guillermo Mariano in the 28th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Nonatos United's Jairo Jacinto. 30 minutes in the game Guillermo Mariano did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Tomas Illescas. Richard-Dean Textex took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A nice corner shot did that Patricio Costa got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Richard-Dean Textex quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A sloppy throw-in by Ion Hritcu in the 35th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert. Guillermo Mariano made in the 37th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Nonatos United's Jairo Jacinto. Guillermo Mariano got a throw-in 39 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Tomas Illescas. Richard-Dean Textex made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 40th minute of play. The throw-in from Alex Chicote in the 42nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Nonatos United's Eriberto Lopes. 43 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carlos-Caetano Bledorn Verri. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Richard-Dean Textex made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Richard-Dean Textex tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Richard-Dean Textex managed to avoid a goal in the 58thth minute, when Venezuela's Tomas Illescas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Richard-Dean Textex made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 59th minute. Guillermo Mariano made in the 61st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Tomas Illescas immediately put the ball in play. 63 minutes into the game, Guillermo Mariano threw the ball into play from the sideline. Nonatos United's Jairo Jacinto quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Nonatos United's Angel-Enrique De La Rosa-Choca quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Guillermo Mariano, made in the 68th minute of the game. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Pedro de Amaral in the 69th minute of play. The supporters of Nonatos United booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guillermo Mariano didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Ion Hritcu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Nonatos United's supporters rose to their feet, but Ion Hritcu 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. 77 minutes into the game, Guillermo Mariano threw the ball into play from the sideline. Nonatos United's Angel-Enrique De La Rosa-Choca quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 79 minutes into the game, Guillermo Mariano threw the ball into play from the sideline. Nonatos United's Jairo Jacinto quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Guillermo Mariano made in the 80th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Tomas Illescas however managed to control. Richard-Dean Textex made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 81st minute. Richard-Dean Textex was a little too slow when Tomas Illescas got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 81st minute. The score was now 0-1. Guillermo Mariano made in the 86th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Nonatos United's Angel-Enrique De La Rosa-Choca. Joshua Secada blasted a shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Richard-Dean Textex having to make a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Richard-Dean Textex in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Eriberto Lopes hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Richard-Dean Textex made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 95th minute of play. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Nonatos United lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.