Challenge

Stadion Jui Kuen
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Illescas made the kick off which started today's match. Ye Hong's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Jonathan Ferrant firmly grabbed it by the left post. Michal Arendarski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Dedê de Castro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Meng Yan Jing showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 19th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Michal Arendarski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Meng Yan Jing took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Michal Arendarski's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 27thth minute, Jonathan Ferrant skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michal Arendarski in the 37th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michal Arendarski in the 40th minute of play. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jiang Sang Qing was slow to take the kick. During this time Abandon All Hope's players had a chance to rest. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ye Hong in the 45th minute. Michal Arendarski succeeded in the game's 46th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Michal Arendarski to strike the kick off in the second half. Jose Correa charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jose Correa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ye Hong's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by Abandon All Hope's Michal Arendarski. But to his dismay, Michal Arendarski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Jiang Sang Qing charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jiang Sang Qing the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Abandon All Hope's Meng Yan Jing proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save Abandon All Hope from getting a goal against them. Gilbert Gorzkiewicz might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gilbert Gorzkiewicz ran back to his position shaking his head. 73 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Michal Arendarski came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 76 minutes had been played when some careless play by Abandon All Hope's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomas Illescas was slow to take the kick. During this time Venezuela's players had a chance to rest. When Jiang Sang Qing was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 80 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, Abandon All Hope's Jiang Sang Qing got a free kick in the 81st minute. Gilbert Gorzkiewicz hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Abandon All Hope defense, Tomas Illescas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Meng Yan Jing. The Abandon All Hope fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Meng Yan Jing should have stopped the shot. 91 minutes into the match, Abandon All Hope's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Meng Yan Jing reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Rigoberto Mina fell near the penalty area in the 94th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Venezuela's protests and gave Rigoberto Mina a yellow card for diving instead. Rigoberto Mina hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match.