Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Illescas made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Suárez in the 9th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Türkeş Özboga got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Luís Suárez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 24th minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. 3liteperformance's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tomas Illescas ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Salvador Gisbert heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. After 27 minutes of play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Barbaros Avşaroğlu was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Eralp Özdemir sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Eralp Özdemir's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Suárez in the 39th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Türkeş Özboga. In the 42nd minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Barbaros Avşaroğlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 44th minute, Ümit Sebuk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 47th minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Barbaros Avşaroğlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The wind increased when Luís Suárez made the kick off in the second half. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Barbaros Avşaroğlu made a huge save. In the 55th minute, Tomas Illescas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Barbaros Avşaroğlu. The goal made the score 0-2. 3liteperformance's Barbaros Avşaroğlu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save 3liteperformance from getting a goal against them. Tomas Illescas scored 0-3 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Barbaros Avşaroğlu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ümit Sebuk, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. In the 67th minute, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4. Türkeş Özboga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Barbaros Avşaroğlu having to interfere. 89 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Barbaros Avşaroğlu. 3liteperformance's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomas Illescas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. The supporters of Venezuela booed when 3liteperformance was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eralp Özdemir didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Venezuela eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.