Challenge

Xita Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sune Rudberg having to interfere. After 6 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. 8 minutes into the match, Marcell Pécsi 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 Marcell Pécsi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. After having played for 11 minutes, Marcell Pécsi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Marcell Pécsi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 14th minute, Marcell Pécsi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Marcell Pécsi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. In the 21st minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 26th 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. Sune Rudberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 28th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Marcell Pécsi dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant, 3-0. After having played for 34 minutes, Marcell Pécsi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Marcell Pécsi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 38 minutes of play, ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s Marcell Pécsi made it 4-0 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! After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Alex Chicote got a free kick in the 40th minute. 42 minutes into the match, ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s Marcell Pécsi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Alex Chicote got a free kick in the 44th minute. Marcell Pécsi'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 46th minute of play. ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rüknettin Aysan in the 47th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Marcell Pécsi made the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Marcell Pécsi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Marcell Pécsi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 57 minutes into the match, Marcell Pécsi notched a goal, 5-0, 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. 63 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rüknettin Aysan was slow to take the kick. During this time ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s players had a chance to rest. The corner led ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s Rüknettin Aysan to fire away a dangerous shot which Jonathan Ferrant despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Marcell Pécsi'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 65th minute of play. With a little luck, ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s Sune Rudberg got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Benito Laurin came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™ 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 Benito Laurin couldn't finish the play. 76 minutes into the match, Marcell Pécsi notched a goal, 6-0, 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. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Marcell Pécsi 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. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcell Pécsi in the 82nd minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcell Pécsi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Sune Rudberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcell Pécsi took the ball and in the 91 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 8-0. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcell Pécsi in the 95th minute of the match. In the 96th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Marcell Pécsi came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™ 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 Marcell Pécsi couldn't finish the play.