Challenge

La madriguera
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Xurdin Pena started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Melandru de Cenero's Leonards Štucers got a free kick in the 9th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Xurdin Pena got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Everett Gerber in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joachim Incera got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fabio Cienfuegos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Everett Gerber received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 31 minutes, Xurdin Pena managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Melandru de Cenero's supporters crossed their fingers, but Xurdin Pena was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Andrea Perez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 34th minute of play. If Xurdin Pena had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Leonards Štucers missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 44 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Jonathan Ferrant right hand side. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 50 played minutes Melandru de Cenero got a freekick which was hit by Casimiro Quinchen. In the 53rd minute, Everett Gerber left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Melandru de Cenero fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Everett Gerber in the 55th minute of the match. In the 57th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joshua Secada to maneuver through the defense. When the match clock showed 58 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Xurdin Pena sped through Venezuela's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 61st minute of play forced Melandru de Cenero's goalkeeper Andrea Perez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Melandru de Cenero's goalkeeper Andrea Perez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. In the 62nd minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 68 minutes into the match, Xurdin Pena 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 73rd match minute, Melandru de Cenero was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonards Štucers to maneuver through the defense. 76 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Xurdin Pena came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Casimiro Quinchen during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Tomas Illescas who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 80thth minute tested the skills of Andrea Perez when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonards Štucers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 86 minutes, Everett Gerber put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Everett Gerber fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. A collision led to Melandru de Cenero getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Joachim Incera hit a great ball. Melandru de Cenero walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.