Challenge

Telford Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jake Ellerton hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. In the 12th minute, Juventus Telford's Boruc Spychalski dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 16th minute of play forced Juventus Telford's goalkeeper Luizinho Paranaense to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 22 minutes into the match, Ildefonso Piarres notched a goal, 3-0, 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. After having played for 24 minutes, Patricio Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Patricio Costa 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 27th minute, Tomas Illescas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Jonathan Ferrant managed to avoid a goal in the 29thth minute, when Juventus Telford's Ildefonso Piarres fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Venezuela's defense didn't have a chance, in the 33rd minute, when Cälal Elxanov scored to the left of an out of position Jonathan Ferrant, making the score, 4-0. Cälal Elxanov kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. The supporters of Juventus Telford booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Camilo Gaos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stuart Bayne in the 46th minute of the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Ildefonso Piarres made the kick off in the second half. Patricio Costa's late challenge caught a Juventus Telford's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Patricio Costa helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 51st minute. In the 54th minute, Tomas Illescas 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. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ildefonso Piarres in the 63rd minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cälal Elxanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got a free kick in the 67th minute. If Cälal Elxanov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 71st minute, Ildefonso Piarres 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. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Cälal Elxanov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. In the 83rd minute, Ildefonso Piarres left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Juventus Telford fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. 87 minutes into the game, Boruc Spychalski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Juventus Telford's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezuela the free kick. Jake Ellerton made in the 92nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Ildefonso Piarres however managed to control. Boruc Spychalski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Juventus Telford fully deserved thier win.