Challenge

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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After 3 played minutes Necdet Semail rounded Croatia's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. With a little luck, Croatia's Ilija Skugor got control of the ball when Aytuğ Mutluay tried to sneak it across the goal line. Croatia's Neven Culina got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 12 minutes into the match, Balaban Mirkelam dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ilija Skugor, 2-0. The supporters of THEBESTFB booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Damir Pongrac didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ilija Skugor was a little too slow when Aytuğ Mutluay got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 24th minute. The score was now 5-0. In the 27th minute, Necdet Semail ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ilija Skugor was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Ilija Skugor was out of position in the 32 minute of play, and Ayberk Samet capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ayberk Samet really showed his touch with that goal: 7-0. Croatia's defense didn't have a chance, in the 35th minute, when Necdet Semail scored to the left of an out of position Ilija Skugor, making the score, 8-0. 42 minutes into the game, Ayberk Samet cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 10-0. Ilija Skugor was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 46th minute, Özdemir Saygur 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. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 10-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Aytuğ Mutluay was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Özdemir Saygur 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: 11-0. The audience was convinced that Aytuğ Mutluay's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilija Skugor was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Croatia's Toni Mauzer got a free kick in the 57th minute. The supporters of THEBESTFB booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Toni Mauzer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Necdet Semail in the 62nd minute of play. After 63 minutes of play, THEBESTFB's Necdet Semail made it 12-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ilija Skugor was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 67th minute, Balaban Mirkelam made a precise shot to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 13-0. 70 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Necdet Semail came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Silvije Santek charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Silvije Santek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of THEBESTFB booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Silvije Santek didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 76th minute, Aytuğ Mutluay made a precise shot to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 14-0. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Balaban Mirkelam in the 80th minute of play. In the 81st minute, Dobromil Vimr 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: 15-0. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Remus Chivulescu in the 84th minute of play. In the 84th minute, Remus Chivulescu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ilija Skugor was frozen by the shot and now it was 16-0. After having played for 93 minutes, Necdet Semail managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. THEBESTFB's supporters crossed their fingers, but Necdet Semail was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. THEBESTFB fully deserved thier win.