Challenge

Blue Arena
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. Octavian Isărescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Ilie Crainic tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 23rd 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. After a rather tough play, BlueLionesse's Isak Sundberg got a free kick in the 26th minute. Ilie Crainic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 27th minute of play. Isak Sundberg hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. 30 minutes into the game, Matthew Tielve threw the ball into play from the sideline. Venezuela's Jose Correa quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 31st minute of the game Matthew Tielve made a throw-in which Mihail Albu played forward. In the 31st minute, Jonathan Venegas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mihail Albu in the 35th minute of play. In the 36th minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilie Crainic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Venezuela were awarded a corner in the 37th minute after BlueLionesse's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomas Illescas took the corner. The corner ended in Tomas Illescas almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but BlueLionesse's Ilie Crainic did a great save. With an all-out effort, BlueLionesse's Jonathan Ferrant threw himself towards the right post 38 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Octavian Isărescu, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. If Sebastian Mailat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience cheered when Sebastian Mailat's long shot passed Jonathan Ferrant's right side. It was 1-0, 40 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Cristinel Nicodim tried to sneak it across the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Matthew Tielve during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cristinel Nicodim made a kick off. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a free kick in the 50th minute. Cristinel Nicodim took the ball and in the 52 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 2-0. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Radu Pânzaru was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 55th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Mihail Albu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radu Pânzaru in the 61st minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Octavian Isărescu in the 65th minute of play. A collision led to BlueLionesse getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Sebastian Mailat hit a great ball. In the 68th minute, Cristinel Nicodim made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. In the 75th match minute, BlueLionesse was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastian Mailat to maneuver through the defense. In the 79th minute of the match BlueLionesse got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Radu Pânzaru ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to BlueLionesse's Cristinel Nicodim getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Cristinel Nicodim 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. 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. 95 minutes into the game, Cristinel Nicodim cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. BlueLionesse walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.