Challenge

Estadio Manquitos
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomas Illescas kicked off to start the match. After 8 minutes of play, C.F. Los Mancos's Urtsin Marin made it 1-0 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! 10 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Iago Romero. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Illescas in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mauricio Claude saved C.F. Los Mancos from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Karl-Oskar Björkdal managed to get in a good position for a shot. C.F. Los Mancos's supporters rose to their feet, but Karl-Oskar Björkdal 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. In the 21st match minute, C.F. Los Mancos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Romeo Cuculeanu to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot 27 in the game by Iago Romero from a close distance when the talented Jonathan Ferrant managed to make a qualified save. Venezuela's players were relieved. After having played for 28 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas 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 32nd minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mauricio Claude saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Urtsin Marin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karl-Oskar Björkdal in the 36th minute of play. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 38th minute, but Jonathan Ferrant got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving Venezuela hanging dry this time. In the 39th minute C.F. Los Mancos were awarded a corner. Karl-Oskar Björkdal went to the cornerflag to take it. Simon Mayor was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. 45 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Iago Romero. In the 47thth minute of the game Iago Romero 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. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

In the game's 56th minute C.F. Los Mancos's Karl-Oskar Björkdal took a hard shot from long distance, a kick which went into the net just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant and thus the score was 3-0. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Mauricio Claude tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 62 minutes into the match, Patricio Costa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mauricio Claude. C.F. Los Mancos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Patricio Costa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. In the 71st minute, Urtsin Marin 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. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iago Romero in the 80th minute of the match. Mauricio Claude 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 81st minute. When the match clock showed 83 minutes, the score became 3-2 when Tomas Illescas sped through C.F. Los Mancos's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mauricio Claude. After having played for 86 minutes, Gabriel Lillo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. C.F. Los Mancos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gabriel Lillo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. C.F. Los Mancos made a substitution. Cefero Vilanova replaced Iago Romero. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cefero Vilanova in the 94th minute of play.