Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Illescas made the kick off which started today's match. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cosmin Rădescu in the 3rd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Marcel Gănescu during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Marcel Gănescu kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Toader Vlădean tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 9 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. 17 minutes into the match, Cosmin Rădescu notched a goal, 0-1, 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 21 minutes of play, FC Henger ATI's Cosmin Rădescu made it 0-2 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! After 24 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. Marcel Gănescu was shown his second yellow card after 26 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a rather tough play, FC Henger ATI's Marcel Gănescu got a free kick in the 27th minute. After 28 played minutes, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Toader Vlădean 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 Venezuela reached it. 31 minutes into the game, Ernest Cumpanașu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 33rd minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cosmin Rădescu in the 34th minute of play. In the 36th minute, Ernest Cumpanașu 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 0-4. With his leg Toader Vlădean managed to avoid a goal in the 40thth minute, when Venezuela's Tomas Illescas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Dumitru Ababei had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sever Zbârcea, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 45 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Ernest Cumpanașu came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ernest Cumpanașu was the one to do the kick off. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. 55 minutes into the match, FC Henger ATI's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Toader Vlădean reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 61 played minutes FC Henger ATI got a freekick which was hit by Cosmin Rădescu. In the 63rd minute, Ernest Cumpanașu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 67th minute FC Henger ATI were awarded a corner. Cosmin Rădescu went to the cornerflag to take it. It was a well-played corner which Marin Năsturel managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 69th minute, Ernest Cumpanașu 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 0-5. In the 76th minute Dumitru Ababei 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. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Toader Vlădean was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Illescas in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Toader Vlădean prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Dumitru Ababei fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ernest Cumpanașu went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. Patricio Costa charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Patricio Costa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 84th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patricio Costa to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ernest Cumpanașu in the 87th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marin Năsturel, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute.