Challenge

Giulesti
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Leontin Rednic kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 4th minute of play forced Rapiduletzu's goalkeeper Gabriel Medeleanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Nicodim Iancu kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 1-0 in the 8 minute of play. Venezuela's attentive Jonathan Venegas managed to snatch the ball when Nicodim Iancu made a throw-in in the 13th minute of the game. A throw-in in the 18th minute of the game was made by Nicodim Iancu with Cristian Răchiteanu as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Leontin Rednics short, quick shot in the 21stth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Gabriel Medeleanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 23rd minute of the match. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gabriel Medeleanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 32nd minute of play. 34 minutes into the match, Rapiduletzu's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Gabriel Medeleanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sandu Ticulescu made in the 38th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Cristian Răchiteanu. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Nando Guerra came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Rapiduletzu booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Correa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alex Chicote charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alex Chicote the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 59 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Venezuela! Mugur Ivasiuc did an outstanding performance 61 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 3-0 to the right of an irritated Jonathan Ferrant in the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tomas Illescas during the 63rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 66th minute Emil Tarcea 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Illescas in the 70th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gabriel Medeleanu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nando Guerra in the 75th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olimpiu Giuverdea, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nando Guerra in the 81st minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Ferrant didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Rapiduletzu's Leontin Rednic shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 5-0 in the ordered_time% minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Rapiduletzu fully deserved thier win.