Challenge

TOUMPA
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 5th minute of the match PAOK-RE4 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. Thanasis Mourouzis ran over to the corner to take the kick. PAOK-RE4's Thanasis Mourouzis was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jonathan Ferrant in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Michalis Telakis was extremely unlucky when he, in the 7th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manolis Apostolakis having to interfere. Sotiris Papakostas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. PAOK-RE4's Manolis Apostolakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 15th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nektarios Salaggoudis during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 17 played minutes PAOK-RE4 got a freekick which was hit by Nektarios Salaggoudis. After 20 minutes, Michalis Telakis made it 1-0 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. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Michalis Telakis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Michalis Telakis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 31 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 37 minutes of play, PAOK-RE4's Michalis Telakis made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Stefanos Maragos fell near the penalty area in the 40th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored PAOK-RE4's protests and gave Stefanos Maragos a yellow card for diving instead. In the 40th match minute, PAOK-RE4 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stefanos Maragos to maneuver through the defense. In the 43rd minute, Tomas Illescas 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. Through an outstanding action, after 45 minutes, Jonathan Ferrant successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. 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 Michalis Telakis to make the kick off. After 53 minutes of play, PAOK-RE4's Kyriakos Kortselis made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 56th minute of play forced PAOK-RE4's goalkeeper Manolis Apostolakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in PAOK-RE4's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Manolis Apostolakis came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Manolis Apostolakis made a huge save. A nice corner shot did that Jonathan Venegas got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Manolis Apostolakis quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Manolis Apostolakis stood somewhat misplaced when Patricio Costa came free in front of goal and shot 3-1 to the left of him in the 67 minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michalis Telakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Camilo Gaos hit a great ball. 79 minutes into the match, Michalis Telakis notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 83rd minute, Kyriakos Kortselis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Ferrant was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. 86 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Michalis Telakis came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 87 minutes, Kyriakos Kortselis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. PAOK-RE4's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kyriakos Kortselis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Kyriakos Kortselis scored 6-1 in the 95th 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. PAOK-RE4's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.