Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 2nd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rigoberto Mina to maneuver through the defense. In the 3rd minute of the match Jean-Paul van der Leegte shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 4 minutes into the game, AL TOKE FC's Ján Novák nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Ján Novák put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. In the 13th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denis Gilabert saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Atilio Romagnoli managed to get in a good position for a shot. AL TOKE FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Atilio Romagnoli was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. In the 18th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 20th minute, Ján Novák 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 0-3. In the 24th minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. AL TOKE FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tomas Illescas ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Patricio Costa heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 29th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Denis Gilabert. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 31stth minute of the game Ján Novák who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bonifacio Shepherd charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bonifacio Shepherd the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Bonifacio Shepherd hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. In the 41st minute Ján Novák 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. If Ján Novák had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

When Jean-Paul van der Leegte came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the AL TOKE FC 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 Jean-Paul van der Leegte couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joshua Secada in the 62nd minute of play forced AL TOKE FC's goalkeeper Denis Gilabert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Atilio Romagnoli might have been able to make a better finish in the 63rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Atilio Romagnoli ran back to his position shaking his head. Jonathan Ferrant was a little too slow when Ján Novák got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 65th minute. The score was now 0-4. Tomas Illescas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Denis Gilabert having to make a save. Esteve Dabi hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. In the 74th 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. Denis Gilabert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 80th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. AL TOKE FC made a substitution. Javier Nikola replaced Emanuel Orain. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Ján Novák sent off a good shot on target. AL TOKE FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jean-Paul van der Leegte in the 92nd minute. It was a well-played corner which Atilio Romagnoli managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. AL TOKE FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.