Challenge

Bursa
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off. Tarık Tayfun took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 4th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Venezuela's Patricio Costa pulled a muscle in his leg after 6 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 6 minutes, Liam Farrell mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Palestine and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Palestine's Liam Farrell got a free kick in the 8th minute. Tage Falk'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. 13 minutes into the match, Tage Falk had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tage Falk was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Çınar Başkurt did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-0 to the left of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant 20 minutes into the match. Savaşer Ayana took the ball and in the 23 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Palestine's Çınar Başkurt slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 4-0 after 27 minutes of play. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Doğan Neşet sent off a good shot on target. After 34 minutes, Jose Correa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the Palestine players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 34th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tage Falk kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. In the 37th minute Savaşer Ayana 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. 40 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Palestine's Anatole Nielispach. Anatole Nielispach was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 48th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tage Falk to make the kick off. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Savaşer Ayana in the 55th minute of play. In the 58th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rigoberto Mina to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Çınar Başkurt in the 59th minute of the match. Çınar Başkurt scored 5-1 in the 59th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Doğan Neşet in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 64th minute Palestine were awarded a corner. Tarık Tayfun went to the cornerflag to take it. Roberto Ocampo struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Anatole Nielispach didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Venezuela. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anatole Nielispach having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by Palestine's Savaşer Ayana. But to his dismay, Savaşer Ayana quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-1. In the 86th minute, Tarık Tayfun left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Palestine fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-1. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Tage Falk 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. For all the effort they put into the match, the Venezuela players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Palestine.