Challenge

Ebba Busch Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ulf Olofsson kicked off to start the match. Bo Almqvist charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bo Almqvist the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Bo Almqvist kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Ulf Olofsson could shoot a difficult shot in the 13th minute, which Jonathan Ferrant however easily saved by the left post. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vilgot Sandberg in the 14th minute of play. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, KD Stiger's Benjamin Stark got a free kick in the 17th minute. Benjamin Blixt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 18th minute of the match. In the 27th minute of the match Bo Almqvist sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant skillfully saved the ball. Jose Correa's late challenge caught a KD Stiger's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jose Correa helped the player get up and apologised. In the 29th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rigoberto Mina to maneuver through the defense. In the 30th minute of the match Georg Danielsson 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. Benjamin Blixt didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomas Illescas went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 35th minute of the match, Ulf Olofsson got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jonathan Ferrant was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ulf Olofsson in the 37th minute. Ernst Asmundsson made in the 38th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Venezuela's Jose Correa. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Benjamin Blixt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 42nd match minute, KD Stiger was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bo Almqvist to maneuver through the defense. 43 minutes into the match, Patricio Costa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benjamin Blixt. KD Stiger's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Patricio Costa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 55th minute Ulf Olofsson 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. 60 minutes into the game, Tomas Illescas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Benjamin Blixt was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Georg Danielsson's late challenge caught a Venezuela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Georg Danielsson helped the player get up and apologised. Georg Danielsson hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. 65 minutes into the match, KD Stiger's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Benjamin Blixt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A throw-in in the 71st minute of the game was made by Georg Danielsson with Ernst Asmundsson as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 73rd minute Vilgot Sandberg 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. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Benjamin Blixt made a huge save. In the 79th minute, Vilgot Sandberg 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. In the 81stth minute of the game Tomas Illescas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but KD Stiger's Benjamin Blixt was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vilgot Sandberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 94th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Benjamin Blixt. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Venezuela had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.