Challenge

Arnulfo Iraido
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. Alexandros Peropoulos might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alexandros Peropoulos ran back to his position shaking his head. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexandros Peropoulos in the 3rd minute of play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexandros Peropoulos in the 9th minute of play. 9 minutes into the game, Alexandros Peropoulos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Froilan Cristos kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Rigoberto Mina kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Alexandros Peropoulos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Alexandros Peropoulos slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 18th minute. Alexandros Peropoulos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. In the 30th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patricio Costa to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Alexandros Peropoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Barrialito AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Alexandros Peropoulos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 33 minutes, Wang Feng mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Barrialito AFC and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. The throw-in from Alex Chicote in the 36th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Barrialito AFC's Han Bin Yi. 39 minutes into the match, Alexandros Peropoulos 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 Alexandros Peropoulos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. With an all-out effort, Barrialito AFC's Jonathan Ferrant threw himself towards the right post 42 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Conrado Txordon, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 47th minute, Jaime Eleazar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alexandros Peropoulos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Patricio Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Guillermo Mariano made in the 53rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Tomas Illescas however managed to control. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexandros Peropoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Barrialito AFC made a substitution. Fahhad Al Herz replaced Cecilio Rosio. Barrialito AFC made a substitution. Natalio Bieito replaced Conrado Txordon. In the 74th minute of the game Guillermo Mariano made a throw-in which Tomas Illescas played forward. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Natalio Bieito stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Natalio Bieito tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Barrialito AFC made a substitution. Aquiles Beat replaced Alexandros Peropoulos. In the 78th match minute, Barrialito AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gogo Tino to maneuver through the defense. Felix Frasco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aquiles Beat, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Patricio Costa during the 83rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 83 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. If Fahhad Al Herz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aquiles Beat went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. 91 minutes in the game Gogo Tino did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Aquiles Beat. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aquiles Beat, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Aquiles Beat's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Ferrant read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 95th minute of play. Aquiles Beat kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. When the referee ended the match the Barrialito AFC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.