Challenge

Mazda Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 5 minutes into the match, Matúš Závodský dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant, 1-0. In the 9th minute Golo Strojek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 15th play minute Matúš Závodský came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. 2-0. Jonathan Ferrant was out of position in the 17 minute of play, and Matúš Závodský capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Matúš Závodský really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. Golo Strojek'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 23rd minute of play. Venezuela's Alex Chicote managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Boran Sarih in the 25 minute of the game. In the 28th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stanislav Saktor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 29th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stanislav Saktor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Matúš Závodský sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 32nd minute of play forced FK Mazda Svidník's goalkeeper Stanislav Saktor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 35 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Qi Xuan Si who took care of the corner kick. When Rigoberto Mina fell near the penalty area in the 36th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Venezuela's protests and gave Rigoberto Mina a yellow card for diving instead. 35 minutes into the game, one of Venezuela:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Matúš Závodský kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 40th minute of play forced FK Mazda Svidník's goalkeeper Stanislav Saktor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The attack was good, but when Matúš Závodský in the 47th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Matúš Závodský to make the kick off. Qi Xuan Si recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 51st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Golo Strojek, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. After 54 minutes, Matúš Závodský made it 5-0 with a short kick to the right side. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The throw-in from Boran Sarih in the 57th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Venezuela's Alex Chicote. The supporters of FK Mazda Svidník booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Matúš Závodský came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the FK Mazda Svidník 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 Matúš Závodský couldn't finish the play. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by FK Mazda Svidník's Golo Strojek. But to his dismay, Golo Strojek quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. In the 63rd minute, Matúš Závodský left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FK Mazda Svidník fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Stanislav Saktor in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. FK Mazda Svidník's Matúš Závodský got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. FK Mazda Svidník's Stanislav Saktor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save FK Mazda Svidník from getting a goal against them. When Salvador Gisbert fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Venezuela's protests and gave Salvador Gisbert a yellow card for diving instead. When Golo Strojek came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the FK Mazda Svidník 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 Golo Strojek couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Golo Strojek in the 93rd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 94 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Igor Demo was slow to take the kick. During this time FK Mazda Svidník's players had a chance to rest. Venezuela's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.