Challenge

Pojo Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Serbia's Sreten Popovic started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With an all-out effort, Pojo's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic threw himself towards the right post 3 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Rikhard Alatalo, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 7 minutes into the game, Veijo Laulaja threw the ball into play from the sideline. Serbia's Miljan Gavrilovic quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After a rather tough play, Serbia's Miljan Gavrilovic got a free kick in the 7th minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was a little too slow when Rikhard Alatalo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 8th minute. The score was now 2-0. 11 minutes into the game, Juho Marttinen recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Juho Marttinen showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-0. In the 15th minute Juho Marttinen 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. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Serbia from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rikhard Alatalo in the 19th minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Serbia defense, Taavetti Noponen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. The Serbia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zvezdan Nedeljkovic should have stopped the shot. 27 minutes into the game, Pojo's Juho Marttinen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-0. 31 minutes into the match, Juho Marttinen notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Serbia from getting a goal against them. Rikhard Alatalo took the ball and in the 36 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 9-0. After 38 played minutes Serbia got a freekick which was hit by Sreten Popovic. 39 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Rikhard Alatalo came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic got control of the ball when Taavetti Noponen tried to sneak it across the goal line. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rikhard Alatalo went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 10-0 was the resulting score.

The wind increased when Rikhard Alatalo made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Ahto Paatelainen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Serbia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ahto Paatelainen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 11-0. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rikhard Alatalo in the 56th minute of the match. 57 minutes into the game, Taavetti Noponen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 12-0. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 61 minutes of play, Pojo's Rikhard Alatalo made it 13-0 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! In the 64th minute, Juho Marttinen made a precise shot to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Serbia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 14-0. 67 minutes into the game, Pojo's Juho Marttinen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 15-0. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Taavetti Noponen in the 73rd minute of play. After some careless play in the Serbia defense, Rikhard Alatalo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. The Serbia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zvezdan Nedeljkovic should have stopped the shot. Juho Marttinen scored 17-0 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Pojo made a substitution. Taisto Laaksonen replaced Teijo Okkonen. 82 minutes into the game, Taisto Laaksonen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 18-0. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juho Marttinen in the 87th minute of play. 91 minutes into the game, Taavetti Noponen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 20-0. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juho Marttinen, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. A collision led to Serbia getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Drasko Rajkovic hit a great ball.