New Trafford
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38,
Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Illescas made the kick off which started today's match. 7 minutes into the game, Hristivoj Ninković was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Desert Fury's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezuela the free kick. A collision led to Desert Fury getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Hristivoj Ninković hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Afonso Amado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Afonso Amado's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. After 17 played minutes Desert Fury got a freekick which was hit by Hristivoj Ninković. 20 minutes into the game, Tomas Illescas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Hernani Correia was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 22 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hélio Malheiro. Desert Fury's Hernani Correia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 24th minute of play. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Desert Fury's Hernani Correia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 31st minute of play. When Hristivoj Ninković was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 32 minutes had been played. Hristivoj Ninković kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Nuno Ramos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 38th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hernani Correia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jose Correa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hernani Correia read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 46th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.
The wind increased when Hélio Malheiro made the kick off in the second half. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hélio Malheiro in the 51st minute of play. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Hernani Correia made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 54th minute. After a rather tough play, Desert Fury's Hélio Manarte got a free kick in the 56th minute. Hélio Malheiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Nuno Ramos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nuno Ramos went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Nuno Ramos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 74th minute, Pedro Maurito hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 75th minute of the game Pedro Maurito made a throw-in which Hélio Malheiro played forward. A collision led to Desert Fury getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Pedro Apalanga hit a great ball. 79 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hernani Correia narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 80 minutes into the game, Tomas Illescas 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 Desert Fury the free kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hélio Manarte in the 82nd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd match minute, Desert Fury was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pedro Maurito to maneuver through the defense. In the 85th minute, Hélio Manarte 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. When the match had gone on for 87 minutes, Patricio Costa took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Hernani Correia to make any attempt to save it. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.
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