Challenge

熊猫公园球场
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Aírton Leite made the kick off and thus started the match. Aírton Leite let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 4th minute shot 1-0 at rihgt post. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Illescas in the 7th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 石常磊 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 石常磊 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Illescas's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Aírton Leite could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raul Loramendi, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. In the 16th minute 刘鹏洲 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. Aírton Leite'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 20th minute of play. The supporters of 江苏YZJ联队 booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Correa didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 26th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Camilo Gaos got a free kick in the 33rd minute. If Aírton Leite had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, 江苏YZJ联队's goalkeeper 石常磊 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 石常磊 having to interfere. In the 63rd minute 刘鹏洲 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. Aírton Leite scored 2-0 in the 67th 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. 73 minutes into the match, 江苏YZJ联队's goalkeeper 石常磊 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. In the 75th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joshua Secada to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 刘鹏洲 in the 81st minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aírton Leite's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aírton Leite, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Illescas to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 95 minutes, Aírton Leite managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 江苏YZJ联队's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aírton Leite was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 江苏YZJ联队's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.