Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. Robert Baita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bernardino Ipar succeeded in the game's 7th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. After having played for 12 minutes, Yuan Di Xing managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TAXI-MM-'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Yuan Di Xing was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Bernardino Ipar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuan Di Xing in the 21st minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by TAXI-MM-'s Yuan Di Xing. But to his dismay, Yuan Di Xing quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After 25 played minutes TAXI-MM- got a freekick which was hit by Stig-Åke Mager. In the 28th minute, Jacek Krzynowek 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 0-3. After 32 minutes, Yuan Di Xing made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martin Alexa having to interfere. 37 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Yuan Di Xing came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardino Ipar in the 39th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Jacek Krzynowek came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the TAXI-MM- 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 Jacek Krzynowek couldn't finish the play. TAXI-MM-'s Martin Alexa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 45th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Bernardino Ipar was the one to do the kick off. Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a good chance for a goal in the 50th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The corner led to TAXI-MM-'s Bernardino Ipar getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Jacek Krzynowek was extremely unlucky when he, in the 55th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yuan Di Xing in the 58th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yuan Di Xing got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernardino Ipar in the 64th minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, TAXI-MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Martin Alexa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernardino Ipar in the 69th minute of play. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Camilo Gaos hit a great ball. It was joyful for the audience to see Jacek Krzynowek dribbling past the opponents defense line in the 72nd played minute and put the ball into the net. 0-5. After 78 minutes of play, TAXI-MM-'s Yuan Di Xing made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernardino Ipar in the 84th minute of the match. In the 86th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Venezuela booed when TAXI-MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yuan Di Xing didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Venezuela fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. TAXI-MM- were clearly better and deserved to take the win.