Challenge

Rungrado 1st of May
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Ahmet Paşa 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. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got a free kick in the 5th minute. Kucandana Fastergaard could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ahmet Paşa in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Cordario Encina showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 12th minute of the match. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 22nd minute, Patricio Costa 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. 24 minutes into the game, April 25 SC's Ahmet Paşa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Rigoberto Mina hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kucandana Fastergaard in the 29th minute of play. After a rather tough play, April 25 SC's Anier Rocendo got a free kick in the 31st minute. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 32nd 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. Ramiro James succeeded in the game's 34th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-0. Ahmet Paşa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Thanks to some nice moves Ahmet Paşa could shoot a difficult shot in the 37th minute, which Jonathan Ferrant however easily saved by the left post. Ahmet Paşa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Ahmet Paşa sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as April 25 SC's Ahmet Paşa slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 4-0 after 41 minutes of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomas Illescas made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Paşa in the 53rd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Paşa in the 55th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Ahmet Paşa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. April 25 SC's attentive Leon Goretzka managed to snatch the ball when Guillermo Mariano made a throw-in in the 60th minute of the game. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramiro James in the 64th minute of play. Louis Alcantara charged in rather forcefully in the 69th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Louis Alcantara the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 69 played minutes April 25 SC got a freekick which was hit by Louis Alcantara. In the 72nd minute, Tomas Illescas 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. 76 minutes into the match, April 25 SC's José Rivera sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. April 25 SC were awarded a corner in the 77th minute after Venezuela's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Anier Rocendo took the corner. 80 minutes into the game, April 25 SC's José Rivera nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-0. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Guillermo Mariano hit a great ball. José Rivera might have been able to make a better finish in the 91st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. José Rivera ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 92nd minute, José Rivera 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 8-0. After a rather tough play, April 25 SC's Anier Rocendo got a free kick in the 95th minute. Venezuela's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.