Challenge

Bird FC Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th minute Bird FC were awarded a corner. Czeslaw Jaktorowo went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 6th minute of play forced Bird FC's goalkeeper Sten Thedin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Sten Thedin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 18th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Mel Chung stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Mel Chung tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Taqi Taqi in the 25th minute of play. In the 26th minute, Tomas Illescas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Maximino Mario sent off a good shot on target. In the 37th minute, Taqi Taqi made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Krzysztof Czarnecki kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. Venezuela's Patricio Costa pulled a muscle in his leg after 52 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After a rather tough play, Bird FC's Marian Tobaczewski got a free kick in the 53rd minute. 57 minutes into the match, Bird FC's goalkeeper Sten Thedin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. 64 minutes into the match, Taqi Taqi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Taqi Taqi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. In the 70th minute Maximino Mario 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. The supporters of Bird FC booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Correa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bird FC's Krzysztof Raflewski was substituted for Czeslaw Jaktorowo. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Bird FC's Mel Chung got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by Bird FC's Maximino Mario. But to his dismay, Maximino Mario quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. In a very dangerous position, a player in Bird FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 87th minute. Penalty! After a defensive mix-up in Bird FC's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sten Thedin 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. In the 96th minute Roberto Ocampo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sten Thedin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bird FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.