Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, 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. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Milosz Rasimowicz in the 9th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Milosz Rasimowicz in the 20th minute of the match. In the 22nd minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damazy Osielski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kryspin Badanowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Milosz Rasimowicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. After taking down the ball on Santos Błeszno's corner Filip Marut fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jonathan Ferrant quite easily take care of the ball. Milosz Rasimowicz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Damazy Osielski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 33rd minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Filip Marut came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zbigniew Banach, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. After a rather tough play, Santos Błeszno's Piotr Podowski got a free kick in the 42nd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Patricio Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Patricio Costa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Damazy Osielski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Damazy Osielski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 44th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Milosz Rasimowicz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Juliusz Zagrodny made in the 52nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Julian Koczara immediately put the ball in play. After some careless play in the Santos Błeszno defense, Tomas Illescas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Damazy Osielski. The Santos Błeszno fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Damazy Osielski should have stopped the shot. Santos Błeszno's Wlodzimierz Marczyniec was substituted for Kryspin Badanowski. Santos Błeszno's Ignacy Jakisz was substituted for Zbigniew Banach. In the 70th match minute, Santos Błeszno was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastian Niedziela to maneuver through the defense. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Damazy Osielski having to interfere. With an all-out effort, Santos Błeszno's Jonathan Ferrant threw himself towards the right post 75 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Milosz Rasimowicz, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Wlodzimierz Marczyniec fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. After 91 played minutes Santos Błeszno got a freekick which was hit by Tymoteusz Ikalewicz. An unexpectedly hard shot by Milosz Rasimowicz in the 95th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Venezuela had won after a very even match.