Challenge

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Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Frank Björkdahl took the kick off in the first half of the match. Venezuela's attentive Salvador Gisbert managed to snatch the ball when György Márton made a throw-in in the 8th minute of the game. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Frank Björkdahl came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Berkshire Harthaway FC. 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 Frank Björkdahl couldn't finish the play. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alex Chicote during the 26th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Alex Chicote hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. In the 31stth minute of the game Frank Björkdahl 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. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Patricio Costa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Charles De Meur having to make a save. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Charles De Meur having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by Berkshire Harthaway FC.'s Germán Bersabe. But to his dismay, Germán Bersabe quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. In the 45th minute, Alex Chicote hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Salvador Gisbert to maneuver through the defense. After 59 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Venegas. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Charles De Meur was out of position in the 66 minute of play, and Tomas Illescas capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tomas Illescas really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. 69 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Frank Björkdahl came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Charles De Meur. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. Berkshire Harthaway FC.'s Charles De Meur played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 71st minute of play. In the 74th minute, Germán Bersabe made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. When Patricio Costa came up free with the goalie in the 77th 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 Patricio Costa couldn't finish the play. In the 79th minute, Guillermo Mariano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frank Björkdahl, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Frank Björkdahl hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. 82 minutes in the game, Patricio Costa fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Charles De Meur having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Miklós Szalay went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. After having played for 90 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 92nd minute, Jonathan Venegas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Germán Bersabe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Berkshire Harthaway FC.'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.