Challenge

Arena Beira Mar
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Sreten Popovic started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute Dorival Leão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Serbia's Borjan Golubovic got a free kick in the 5th minute. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Serbia from getting a goal against them. If Sreten Popovic had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 13th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. Igor Maranhense received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A.C.Mandala's Tomas Gustavsson got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 34 minutes into the game, Mikkel Beck threw the ball into play from the sideline. Serbia's Borjan Golubovic quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. A throw-in in the 35th minute of the game was made by Bernardinho Siqueira with Cristian Marquez as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 36th match minute, Serbia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Borjan Golubovic to maneuver through the defense. After 44 played minutes A.C.Mandala got a freekick which was hit by Mikkel Beck. After a rather tough play, Serbia's Jovan Borisov got a free kick in the 45th minute.

Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Gustavsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. In the 53rd minute, Igor Maranhense made a precise shot to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Serbia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dorival Leão, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th minute Dorival Leão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, A.C.Mandala's Tiago Tinoco got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Marquez in the 67th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikkel Beck in the 68th minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute Tomas Gustavsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 71st minute, Cristian Marquez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The A.C.Mandala fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Gustavsson in the 75th minute of play. Cvijetin Nanusevski was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 76 minutes into the match. In the 77th minute, Cvijetin Nanusevski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Igor Maranhense, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. After 81 minutes of play, A.C.Mandala's Tomas Gustavsson made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was left in no man's land by his defense there! 85 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Dorival Leão came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. José Carlos Gomes kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Tomas Gustavsson took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. A.C.Mandala's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.