Challenge

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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sreten Popovic took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Balaban Mirkelam had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Necdet Semail in the 4th minute of play. In the 8thth minute of the game Necdet Semail who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 12 minutes into the match, Aytuğ Mutluay dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic, 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aytuğ Mutluay got free with Zvezdan Nedeljkovic in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Serbia getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Jovan Borisov hit a great ball. If Balaban Mirkelam had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 20 minutes into the game, THEBESTFB's Balaban Mirkelam 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, 2-0. In the 23rd minute, THEBESTFB's Aytuğ Mutluay dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. After 26 minutes, Aytuğ Mutluay made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Balaban Mirkelam, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. After some careless play in the Serbia defense, Balaban Mirkelam 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. Ayberk Samet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 43 played minutes Serbia got a freekick which was hit by Jovan Borisov. 44 minutes into the match, THEBESTFB's Balaban Mirkelam sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zvezdan Nedeljkovic narrowly saved just below the crossbar.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aytuğ Mutluay made a kick off. After some careless play in the Serbia defense, Aytuğ Mutluay 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. 58 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Remus Chivulescu came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 59 minutes Serbia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Balaban Mirkelam who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Balaban Mirkelam got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Zvezdan Nedeljkovic quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Balaban Mirkelam struck a weak shot in the 61st minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for THEBESTFB. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Necdet Semail went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 10-0 was the resulting score. Ayberk Samet took the ball and in the 71 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 12-0. In the 74th minute, Aytuğ Mutluay left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The THEBESTFB fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 13-0. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Necdet Semail in the 78th minute of the match. In the 80th minute, Balaban Mirkelam left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The THEBESTFB fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 14-0. THEBESTFB made a substitution. Dobromil Vimr replaced Aytuğ Mutluay. 84 minutes into the game, THEBESTFB's Balaban Mirkelam 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ayberk Samet in the 88th minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute Necdet Semail 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. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Necdet Semail in the 90th minute of play. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Balaban Mirkelam in the 92nd minute of play. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Balaban Mirkelam in the 94th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 96 minutes, the score became 16-0 when Balaban Mirkelam sped through Serbia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. THEBESTFB walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.