Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomas Illescas kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tytus Jaszcz in the 6th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 7th 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. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Valentin Negroni 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. A collision led to Metapalo FC getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Stelian Orescu hit a great ball. After 22 minutes, Stelian Orescu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Metapalo FC and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Negroni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After taking down the ball on Metapalo FC's corner Toto Fabri fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jonathan Ferrant quite easily take care of the ball. The audience was convinced that Valentin Negroni's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Valentin Negroni took the ball and in the 33 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 0-2. 40 minutes into the match, Valentin Negroni 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 Valentin Negroni was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Valentin Negroni 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. In the 45th minute Arsenio Loramendi 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. 47 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Tytus Jaszcz came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Valentin Negroni to strike the kick off in the second half. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. After 55 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Toto Fabri who took care of the corner kick. The supporters of Metapalo FC booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jonathan Venegas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Metapalo FC's Valentin Negroni got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Metapalo FC's Valentin Negroni in the 73rd minute got a chance for a shot 73rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. Metapalo FC's Gavino Belarmo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 77th minute of play. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. It was beautiful to see Metapalo FC's Toto Fabri in action when he in the 84th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! In the 85th minute, Bengt-Arne Thedin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 87th minute Valentin Negroni 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. After a rather tough play, Metapalo FC's Eriberto Belarmo got a free kick in the 88th minute. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Tytus Jaszcz tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Metapalo FC's Stelian Orescu got a free kick in the 90th minute. 91 minutes into the game, Jose Correa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezuela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Metapalo FC the free kick. In the 91st match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. Tomas Illescas took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gavino Belarmo. Gavino Belarmo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-6. The Venezuela fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Metapalo FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.