Challenge

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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Roman Uvarov got the match started through his kick off. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roman Uvarov in the 7th minute of play. Daniil Avdeev kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. 12 minutes into the game, Mikhail Naumkin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a defensive mix-up in FC 2 October's zone, Patricio Costa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Egor Urazov came out of the goal and Patricio Costa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 17th 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. Tomas Illescas's late challenge caught a FC 2 October's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tomas Illescas helped the player get up and apologised. Tomas Illescas kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. In the 23rd minute, Roman Uvarov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC 2 October fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. 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. After 28 minutes of play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Egor Urazov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rustam Blinov in the 34th minute. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC 2 October's goalkeeper Egor Urazov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

51 minutes into the match, FC 2 October's goalkeeper Egor Urazov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egor Urazov having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roman Uvarov in the 58th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Roman Uvarov came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the FC 2 October 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 Roman Uvarov couldn't finish the play. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. FC 2 October's Egor Urazov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save FC 2 October from getting a goal against them. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rustam Blinov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 66 played minutes FC 2 October got a freekick which was hit by Daniil Avdeev. FC 2 October made a substitution. Efim Soloviev replaced Rustam Blinov. After a rather tough play, FC 2 October's Daniil Avdeev got a free kick in the 67th minute. A throw-in in the 70th minute of the game was made by Nikanor Dombrovskiy with Artem Averchenko as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roman Uvarov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 73 minutes into the game, Artem Averchenko threw the ball into play from the sideline. Venezuela's Alex Chicote quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Roman Uvarov managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC 2 October's supporters rose to their feet, but Roman Uvarov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roman Uvarov, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Egor Urazov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 80th minute of the match. Efim Soloviev blasted a shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. FC 2 October were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Venezuela for a fine match.