Challenge

Ponte Arena
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. Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rigoberto Mina to maneuver through the defense. With an all-out effort, Santiago Futebol Clube's Jonathan Ferrant threw himself towards the right post 4 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Lorenzo Santa María, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 13th minute, Cauan Favoretto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Santiago Futebol Clube fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After having played for 17 minutes, Lorenzo Santa María managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Santiago Futebol Clube's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lorenzo Santa María was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Santiago Futebol Clube's Teo Roano got a free kick in the 21st minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lorenzo Santa María in the 24th minute of the match. 26 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cauan Favoretto. Patricio Costa 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. 31 minutes into the match, Santiago Futebol Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Dan Cambridge reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cauan Favoretto in the 32nd minute. In the 36th minute Lorenzo Santa María 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. Cauan Favoretto could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lorenzo Santa María to strike the kick off in the second half. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nico Bueno in the 55th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lorenzo Santa María in the 60th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute Cauan Favoretto 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. In the 70th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. Santiago Futebol Clube's Arlindo Ramos was substituted for Teo Roano. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Santiago Futebol Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christiano de Queirós didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 81st match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. Santiago Futebol Clube's Francisco Zanette was substituted for Nico Bueno. In the 82nd minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lorenzo Santa María in the 89th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lorenzo Santa María in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. When Lorenzo Santa María came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Santiago Futebol Clube fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lorenzo Santa María couldn't finish the play. Santiago Futebol Clube's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.