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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. Victoriano Abel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 2nd minute of the match. After having played for 4 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. In the 5th minute, Patricio Costa 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. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Tomas Illescas hit a great ball. Martin Morat charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Martin Morat the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 15th minute, Martin Morat hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tomas Illescas struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Victoriano Abel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Venezuela. Victoriano Abel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 26th minute of the match. Per Rolandsson's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Jonathan Ferrant firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 38th minute, Average Joes's Per Rolandsson dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Average Joes's Jo Blanchaert got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 46 played minutes Average Joes got a freekick which was hit by Jo Blanchaert. 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.

After 51 minutes, Filip Flink mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Average Joes and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. Filip Flink made in the 53rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Jo Blanchaert. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Victoriano Abel in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Alex Chicote hit a great ball. After having played for 68 minutes, Jo Blanchaert managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Average Joes's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jo Blanchaert was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Average Joes made a substitution. Filipp Krupatkih replaced Martin Morat. Average Joes made a substitution. Mattias Finnman replaced Jo Blanchaert. If Per Rolandsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 75th minute, Arthur Saba left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Average Joes fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. In the 78th minute, Filip Flink hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jeremias Silban went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Average Joes's Victoriano Abel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Average Joes from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Joshua Secada hit a great ball. Arthur Saba fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 98th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Average Joes had played much better football throughout.