Challenge

Ramón Aguilera
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. If Jos Musseeuw had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 3rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Camilo Gaos to maneuver through the defense. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 16th minute Zsolt Molnár 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. A throw-in in the 18th minute of the game was made by Remigio Batista with Algimantas Tarasevičius as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Augusto Vergílio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 21st minute of the match. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Zsolt Molnár managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lamento Boliviano's supporters rose to their feet, but Zsolt Molnár 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. Algimantas Tarasevičius charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Algimantas Tarasevičius the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 27 played minutes Lamento Boliviano got a freekick which was hit by Algimantas Tarasevičius. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Camilo Gaos during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 34th minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 35 minutes, Zsolt Molnár managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lamento Boliviano's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zsolt Molnár was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 38 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Augusto Vergílio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jos Musseeuw recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jos Musseeuw in the 44th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Augusto Vergílio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 47th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Venegas to maneuver through the defense. Lamento Boliviano made a substitution. Manu Abajas replaced Timoteo Abadie. After 48 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Venegas. After recieving a nice pass, Lamento Boliviano's Ingvar Vollander tried to score from far away in the 49th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar.

If Jos Musseeuw had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lamento Boliviano's Christovao Abastas was substituted for Zsolt Molnár. In the 70th minute, Jos Musseeuw left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lamento Boliviano fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Jos Musseeuw took the ball and in the 79 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 3-0. 84 minutes into the match, Christovao Abastas notched a goal, 4-0, 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. 87 minutes into the game, Lamento Boliviano's Jos Musseeuw 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, 5-0. After a rather tough play, Lamento Boliviano's Remigio Batista got a free kick in the 89th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Lamento Boliviano's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Augusto Vergílio came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 93 minutes into the match, Lamento Boliviano's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Augusto Vergílio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Augusto Vergílio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 98th minute of the match. Lamento Boliviano walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.