Challenge

Stadium of Light
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Babbis Aggeliadis got the match started through his kick off. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match clock showed 5 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Babbis Aggeliadis sped through Venezuela's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. In the 8th minute, Sanderlend's Babbis Aggeliadis dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Babbis Aggeliadis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Babbis Aggeliadis slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 13th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 18th minute of play forced Sanderlend's goalkeeper Sverker Fanström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Babbis Aggeliadis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Babbis Aggeliadis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Sanderlend's Babbis Aggeliadis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 4-0 after 22 minutes of play. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Babbis Aggeliadis 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. The audience was convinced that Babbis Aggeliadis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. If Babbis Aggeliadis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Babbis Aggeliadis tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Alex Chicote got a free kick in the 34th minute. Victorino Mano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Babbis Aggeliadis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Babbis Aggeliadis might have been able to make a better finish in the 40th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Babbis Aggeliadis ran back to his position shaking his head. Babbis Aggeliadis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Babbis Aggeliadis, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. In the 45th minute, Babbis Aggeliadis 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 6-0. 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 6-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Babbis Aggeliadis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Salvador Gisbert made in the 60th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Sanderlend's Hakija Hamdić. In the 63rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Chicote to maneuver through the defense. Sanderlend's Babbis Aggeliadis got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 65 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Babbis Aggeliadis came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Sanderlend fans' excitement grew in the 68th match minute when Sanderlend's Babbis Aggeliadis looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 7-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 72 minutes into the game, Babbis Aggeliadis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Franz Selmanović kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. In the 75th minute, Alex Chicote hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81st minute of the match Sanderlend got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Luo Jun Feng ran over to the corner to take the kick. The throw-in from Brahim Ben Khalidi in the 83rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Venezuela's Alex Chicote. After 84 minutes, Alex Chicote mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the Sanderlend players grew even worse after the yellow card. Alex Chicote kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. In the 85th minute, Babbis Aggeliadis made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 9-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Babbis Aggeliadis in the 91st minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Sanderlend had played much better football throughout.