Challenge

LOHATRONI
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Antis Voitkāns made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the match, Bērtulis Pupurs had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bērtulis Pupurs was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Hugo Pavilonis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Antis Voitkāns 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. FK LOHATRONI's Hugo Pavilonis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 16th minute of play. Antis Voitkāns sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Guillermo Mariano got a free kick in the 27th minute. Jonathan Ferrant was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Bērtulis Pupurs showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 29 minute of play. If Bērtulis Pupurs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hugo Pavilonis having to interfere. In the 36th minute Antis Voitkāns 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 37th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Salvador Gisbert to maneuver through the defense. Tomas Illescas struck a weak shot in the 41st minute. Hugo Pavilonis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Venezuela. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antis Voitkāns, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 60th minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. FK LOHATRONI's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tomas Illescas ran over to the corner to take the kick. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Hugo Pavilonis in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 62nd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Chicote to maneuver through the defense. With his leg Hugo Pavilonis managed to avoid a goal in the 65thth minute, when Venezuela's Tomas Illescas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Guillermo Mariano hit a great ball. Guillermo Mariano kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antis Voitkāns in the 73rd minute of play. Hugo Pavilonis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. The throw-in from Guillermo Mariano in the 86th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FK LOHATRONI's Kristaps Boraks. Bērtulis Pupurs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Antis Voitkāns went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. There was no doubt that FK LOHATRONI were the better team. FK LOHATRONI's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.