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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, 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. 4 minutes into the match, Rank 1's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Marcus Hagström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Rank 1 booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Correa didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 6th minute of the match Fredric Åhman shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Conny Vesterberg in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 13th minute of play forced Rank 1's goalkeeper Marcus Hagström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcus Hagström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 14th minute of the match. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Patricio Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Patricio Costa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcus Hagström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Conny Vesterberg's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 20thth minute, Jonathan Ferrant skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 27th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcus Hagström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcus Hagström having to interfere. After having played for 38 minutes, 潘岚铮 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rank 1's supporters crossed their fingers, but 潘岚铮 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 40 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 潘岚铮. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fredric Åhman was slow to take the kick. During this time Rank 1's players had a chance to rest. Rank 1's Fredric Åhman was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jonathan Ferrant in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 潘岚铮 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Conny Vesterberg stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by 潘岚铮 in the 55th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 56 minutes into the match, Rank 1's goalkeeper Marcus Hagström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. Venezuela were awarded a corner in the 57th minute after Rank 1's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomas Illescas took the corner. At last the ball reached Joshua Secada at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Rank 1. 1-1. After 61 minutes of play, Rank 1's Conny Vesterberg made it 2-1 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! 64 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Ulf Ros came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If 潘岚铮 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 match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patricio Costa to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Conny Vesterberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Rank 1 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fredric Åhman didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 79th 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. 81 minutes into the match, Rank 1's goalkeeper Marcus Hagström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. Jonathan Ferrant didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Rank 1's Conny Vesterberg shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-1 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 85th minute, Conny Vesterberg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rank 1 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. Marcus Hagström made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. After 97 played minutes, Rank 1's Fredric Åhman shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Rank 1 reached it. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Rank 1 had played much better football throughout.