Challenge

Mali T Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 2 minutes, Camilo Gaos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the Mali i Thatë FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 3rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Camilo Gaos to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 8 minutes, Eneid Ilo took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Jonathan Ferrant to make any attempt to save it. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eneid Ilo was slow to take the kick. During this time Mali i Thatë FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Meleq Tare got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The crowd rose to their feet as Mali i Thatë FC's Meleq Tare slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 2-0 after 13 minutes of play. The audience was convinced that Eneid Ilo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Venezuela's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Eneid Ilo 21 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 4-0. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Drini Kapaj tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sefedin Gjyle kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Zihni Dervishi got a throw-in 27 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Erando Gacaferi. In the 30th minute, Eneid Ilo 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 5-0. In the 33rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Illescas to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 38 minutes, Eneid Ilo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mali i Thatë FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eneid Ilo 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 40th minute, Tomas Illescas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Drini Kapaj was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. Lirim Osja recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. Luftim Hamdius short, quick shot in the 47thth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-1 at half-time.

After 52 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Eneid Ilo who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Lirim Osja managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Drini Kapaj having to interfere. Tomas Illescas who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 57thth minute tested the skills of Drini Kapaj when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Drini Kapaj read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 58th minute of play. 59 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Drini Kapaj threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Tomas Illescas this time. 61 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Drini Kapaj narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 62 minutes, Tomas Illescas took a quick shot and it went in 5-2 without a chance for Drini Kapaj to make any attempt to save it. Luftim Hamdiu scored 6-2 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 75th minute Erando Gacaferi 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. 77 minutes into the match, Mali i Thatë FC's Eneid Ilo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Luftim Hamdiu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 87thth minute of the game Luftim Hamdiu 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. With a little luck, Mali i Thatë FC's Drini Kapaj got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Mali i Thatë FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eneid Ilo didn't get a good kick on the ball. A throw-in in the 94th minute of the game was made by Zihni Dervishi with Erando Gacaferi as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Mali i Thatë FC had won after a very even match.