Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Artūrs Sagalats started the match with the kick off. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. After 10 minutes, Jose Correa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the SK Annenieki players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 10th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 13 minutes into the match, SK Annenieki's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Jānis Lielais reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Artūrs Sagalats's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. 15 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Artūrs Sagalats came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 16th minute, Tomas Illescas 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. In the 18th minute, Artūrs Sagalats left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SK Annenieki fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After having played for 22 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With an all-out effort, Venezuela's Jānis Lielais threw himself towards the right post 24 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Patricio Costa, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Indris Tomass, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. 29 minutes into the game, SK Annenieki's Artūrs Sagalats nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. The audience was convinced that Artūrs Sagalats's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Jāzeps Pics scored 0-4 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 39th minute, Tomas Illescas 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. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Indris Tomass, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. After 46 minutes, Patricio Costa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the SK Annenieki players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 47th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Illescas was the one to do the kick off. Indris Tomass sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 57th minute, Artūrs Sagalats made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. Artūrs Sagalatss short, quick shot in the 60thth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artūrs Sagalats in the 62nd minute of play. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Artūrs Sagalats in the 63rd minute of play. Indris Tomass sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Artūrs Sagalats in the 72ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Artūrs Sagalats took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-8. SK Annenieki made a substitution. Santis Krūzītis replaced Renāts Skipors. SK Annenieki's Ingus Rencis was substituted for Drosmis Kalnaiza. Venezuela's defense didn't have a chance, in the 79th minute, when Artūrs Sagalats scored to the left of an out of position Jonathan Ferrant, making the score, 0-9. After 83 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. 86 minutes into the match, Artūrs Sagalats notched a goal, 0-10, 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 89th minute, Artūrs Sagalats reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. The goal made the score 0-11.