Challenge

Stadio Cortine
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to ternana calcio fc getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Tolek Rywin hit a great ball. After 8 minutes, Jonathan Venegas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the ternana calcio fc players grew even worse after the yellow card. ternana calcio fc's Aureliusz Podolski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 21st minute of play. In the 24th minute, Alvaro Punta 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 1-0. ternana calcio fc's Aureliusz Podolski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 27th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ennio Bosso in the 37th minute of play. After 38 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Biagio Villa who took care of the corner kick. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aureliusz Podolski having to interfere. 3-1 became the score in the 47th minute when Ennio Bosso elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Amerigo Pugliese was the one to do the kick off. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ennio Bosso, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. 62 minutes into the match, Amerigo Pugliese 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 Amerigo Pugliese was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind ternana calcio fc's goalkeeper Aureliusz Podolski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 66th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aureliusz Podolski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Guillermo Mariano got a free kick in the 66th minute. If Cristiano Passalacqua had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 78 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Alvaro Punta came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tolek Rywin made in the 82nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Amerigo Pugliese however managed to control. In the 84th minute, Alvaro Punta made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-1. In the 92nd 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. Aureliusz Podolski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patricio Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristiano Passalacqua sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.