Challenge

LOHATRONI
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Illescas got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes in the game Staņislavs Pasils did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Edvīns Reinbaks. After 5 played minutes Antis Voitkāns rounded Venezuela's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. Antis Voitkāns might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Antis Voitkāns ran back to his position shaking his head. If Antis Voitkāns had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 19th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugo Pavilonis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Alex Chicote hit a great ball. In the 26th minute Edvīns Reinbaks suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Salvador Gisbert during the 26th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 28th minute, Salvador Gisbert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Bērtulis Pupurs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Bērtulis Pupurs received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 36th minute, Bērtulis Pupurs 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. After 37 minutes, Jose Correa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the FK LOHATRONI players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of FK LOHATRONI booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Correa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Antis Voitkāns kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. After 44 minutes FK LOHATRONI's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tomas Illescas who took care of the corner kick. 44 minutes into the game, one of FK LOHATRONI:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Antis Voitkāns stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Camilo Gaos's late challenge caught a FK LOHATRONI's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Camilo Gaos helped the player get up and apologised. After 51 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Camilo Gaos. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antis Voitkāns, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 61 minutes into the match, Bērtulis Pupurs notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 65th match minute, FK LOHATRONI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Staņislavs Pasils to maneuver through the defense. Bērtulis Pupurs hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. After 76 minutes, Antis Voitkāns mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FK LOHATRONI and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Venezuela booed when FK LOHATRONI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antis Voitkāns didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 77 minutes, Patricio Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Patricio Costa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Kristaps Boraks hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Hugo Pavilonis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 79th minute of the match. After 81 played minutes, FK LOHATRONI's Kristaps Boraks shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FK LOHATRONI reached it. In the 94th match minute, FK LOHATRONI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Reinis Renhofs to maneuver through the defense. When the referee ended the match the FK LOHATRONI players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.