Challenge

Blue Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Octavian Isărescu scored 1-0 in the 3rd 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. BlueLionesse's Ilie Crainic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patricio Costa in the 7th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Octavian Isărescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Radu Pânzaru was slow to take the kick. During this time BlueLionesse's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Radu Pânzaru got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Ilie Crainic tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Octavian Isărescu in the 18th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristinel Nicodim in the 19th minute of the match. Sebastian Mailat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristinel Nicodim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Octavian Isărescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristinel Nicodim in the 31st minute of play. In the 37th minute, Salvador Gisbert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, BlueLionesse's Octavian Isărescu got a free kick in the 41st minute. With his leg Jonathan Ferrant managed to avoid a goal in the 43rdth minute, when BlueLionesse's Cristinel Nicodim fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 46th minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cristinel Nicodim to strike the kick off in the second half. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristinel Nicodim, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mihail Albu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristinel Nicodim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristinel Nicodim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by BlueLionesse's Octavian Isărescu. But to his dismay, Octavian Isărescu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristinel Nicodim in the 66th minute of the match. Jose Correa's late challenge caught a BlueLionesse's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jose Correa helped the player get up and apologised. After 67 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristinel Nicodim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Cristinel Nicodim's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. The BlueLionesse fans' excitement grew in the 77th match minute when BlueLionesse's Cristinel Nicodim looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 80 minutes into the game, BlueLionesse's Cristinel Nicodim 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, 4-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavian Isărescu in the 89th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Patricio Costa's late challenge caught a BlueLionesse's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Patricio Costa helped the player get up and apologised. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Han Shi Chao hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristinel Nicodim, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. For all the effort they put into the match, the Venezuela players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for BlueLionesse.