Challenge

Teobaldo Salvatore
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Languiñeo FC's Adolfo Ilazki 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. 6 minutes into the game, Abel Maraman threw the ball into play from the sideline. Serbia's Momir Gisic quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Vladeta Jovic received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Benito Jerold tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Humberto Conrao could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a huge save. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alejandro Cebo in the 14th minute of the match. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Txordon in the 15th minute of play. After having played for 17 minutes, Drasko Rajkovic managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Serbia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Drasko Rajkovic was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The throw-in from Abel Maraman in the 21st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Serbia's Rasko Nestorovski. An unexpectedly hard shot by Drasko Rajkovic in the 22nd minute of play forced Languiñeo FC's goalkeeper Benito Jerold to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Languiñeo FC booed when Serbia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zivko Cvetkovic didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Serbia getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Sreten Popovic hit a great ball. A collision led to Languiñeo FC getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Alejandro Loco hit a great ball. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When Sreten Popovic fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Serbia's protests and gave Sreten Popovic a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Languiñeo FC booed when Serbia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sreten Popovic didn't get a good kick on the ball. Serbia's attentive Rasko Nestorovski managed to snatch the ball when Uriel Balesio made a throw-in in the 65th minute of the game. With a little luck, Languiñeo FC's Benito Jerold got control of the ball when Sreten Popovic tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Languiñeo FC's Abel Maraman got a free kick in the 67th minute. Drasko Rajkovic's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Benito Jerold read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 71st minute of play. 73 minutes into the game, David Ruisko threw the ball into play from the sideline. Serbia's Borjan Golubovic quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adolfo Ilazki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sreten Popovic got his second yellow card in the match during the 84th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adolfo Ilazki in the 87th minute of play. Serbia's Momir Gisic managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Abel Maraman in the 90 minute of the game. David Ruisko made in the 91st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Serbia's Borjan Golubovic. Borjan Golubovic hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.