Challenge

Sport City
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ilham Prabowo got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Pasha Jayusman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Pasha Jayusman tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 6th minute, Pasha Jayusman made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. After 11 minutes, Maksymilian Wallach mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Madrid City FC and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 11th minute, Maksymilian Wallach hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alex Brunov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute, Madrid City FC's Corrado Zinni ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Venezuela's defense didn't have a chance, in the 30th minute, when Corrado Zinni scored to the left of an out of position Jonathan Ferrant, making the score, 3-0. Corrado Zinni's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 32ndth minute, Jonathan Ferrant skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 33 minutes into the game, Ilham Prabowo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Madrid City FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezuela the free kick. In the 34th minute, Ilham Prabowo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 40th minute of play forced Madrid City FC's goalkeeper Alex Brunov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 45 minutes, Ilham Prabowo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Madrid City FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ilham Prabowo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 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 3-0.

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 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Corrado Zinni in the 51st minute of play. In the 56th minute, Corrado Zinni got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Corrado Zinni in the 59th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute, Patricio Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Corrado Zinni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Corrado Zinni in the 91st minute of play.