Challenge

Valentin Stanescu
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Illescas made the kick off and thus started the match. Cristian Elian sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Liviu Aldulescu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Illescas's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cetatea Suceava's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomas Illescas was slow to take the kick. During this time Venezuela's players had a chance to rest. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jonathan Ferrant didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 16th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. 22 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Cristiano Ronaldinho came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 23 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gigi Neacșu. In the 25th minute, Tomas Illescas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Venezuela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gigi Neacșu went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. 36 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gigi Neacșu. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gigi Neacșu in the 38th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gigi Neacșu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gigi Neacșu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gigi Neacșu in the 42nd 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. In the 44thth minute of the game Gigi Neacșu 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. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gigi Neacșu made a kick off. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gigi Neacșu in the 53rd minute of play. 60 minutes into the match, Cristiano Ronaldinho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristiano Ronaldinho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gigi Neacșu in the 64th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gigi Neacșu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gigi Neacșu in the 70th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 71st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Liviu Aldulescu in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gigi Neacșu in the 75th 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. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gigi Neacșu in the 77th minute of the match. Cetatea Suceava's Gigi Neacșu managed to work through Venezuela's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Gigi Neacșu dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Rigoberto Mina hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Francesco Alfonsi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Francesco Alfonsi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Gigi Neacșu came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Cetatea Suceava 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 Gigi Neacșu couldn't finish the play.