Challenge

Lusail Stadium Doha
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Soltani Drid started the match with the kick off. With his leg Jonathan Ferrant managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when Qatar Dust Kickers's Soltani Drid fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Soltani Drid 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Soltani Drid managed to get in a good position for a shot. Qatar Dust Kickers's supporters rose to their feet, but Soltani Drid 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. After some careless play in the Qatar Dust Kickers defense, Tomas Illescas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jussef Zemmamouche. The Qatar Dust Kickers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jussef Zemmamouche should have stopped the shot. After 25 played minutes Qatar Dust Kickers got a freekick which was hit by Maamar Soltani. Qatar Dust Kickers's Jussef Zemmamouche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 28th minute of play. After 36 minutes of play, Qatar Dust Kickers's Gilles Tahar made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. 41 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Soltani Drid. In the 43rd minute, Soltani Drid left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Qatar Dust Kickers fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomas Illescas made a kick off. Mohammed Matoub hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tomas Illescas charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tomas Illescas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a free kick in the 55th minute. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 59th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jussef Zemmamouche saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 68th minute, Soltani Drid made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hocine Bentaala in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Mohammed Matoub fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Jussef Zemmamouche stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Illescas's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Soltani Drid in the 91st minute of play. After a rather tough play, Qatar Dust Kickers's Abdellah Kader got a free kick in the 94th minute. Qatar Dust Kickers were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Venezuela for a fine match.