Challenge

Mataldi
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Remo Dracena started the match with the kick off. Remo Dracena had several of the Venezuela's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 3 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Jonathan Ferrant as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 7th minute, Remo Dracena 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 2-0. Laureano Gimenez recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Denis Gilabert was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Remo Dracena in the 14th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Remo Dracena, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. 22 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 AL TOKE FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Jean-Paul van der Leegte recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by AL TOKE FC's Jean-Paul van der Leegte. But to his dismay, Jean-Paul van der Leegte quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Laureano Gimenez might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Laureano Gimenez ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 34th 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. 37 minutes into the game, Rigoberto Mina 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 AL TOKE FC the free kick. In the 38th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rigoberto Mina to maneuver through the defense. Esteve Dabi missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 39 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Jonathan Ferrant right hand side. Jean-Paul van der Leegte received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by AL TOKE FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomas Illescas was slow to take the kick. During this time Venezuela's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Joshua Secada almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but AL TOKE FC's Denis Gilabert did a great save. Jean-Paul van der Leegte fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Jean-Paul van der Leegte took the ball and in the 63 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 4-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Remo Dracena managed to get in a good position for a shot. AL TOKE FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Remo Dracena 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. The supporters of Venezuela booed when AL TOKE FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ture Dybro didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Denis Gilabert in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Patricio Costa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 70th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Remo Dracena's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. During the 73rd minute of the match Tomas Illescas completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Tomas Illescas a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 74th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Illescas to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Remo Dracena in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Denis Gilabert tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Remo Dracena had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Venezuela's Joshua Secada got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 90th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. AL TOKE FC's Remo Dracena got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. AL TOKE FC's Jonatan Reyes was substituted for Jean-Paul van der Leegte. 94 minutes into the match, Remo Dracena 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. AL TOKE FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.