Challenge

Johan Cruyff
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rd minute, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Neal Messer ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Teo Gudelj kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Jose-Antonio Vazquez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. The Croatia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ilija Skugor should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Neal Messer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilija Skugor was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. 11 minutes into the match, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Neal Messer sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ilija Skugor narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jose-Antonio Vazquez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilija Skugor having to interfere. Ilija Skugor was a little too slow when Neal Messer got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 18th minute. The score was now 4-0. Ilija Skugor made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Neal Messer sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in Croatia's zone, Neal Messer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal and Neal Messer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 31st minute, Neal Messer 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. Ilija Skugor stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Neal Messer's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. Ilija Skugor didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Neal Messer shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 7-0 in the ordered_time% minute. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Neal Messer kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. The Croatia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ilija Skugor should have stopped the shot. 41 minutes into the game, Neal Messer recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ilija Skugor. Neal Messer showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 9-0. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 9-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jose-Antonio Vazquez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Jose-Antonio Vazquez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilija Skugor was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. The F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA fans' excitement grew in the 54th match minute when F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Jose-Antonio Vazquez looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 10-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Jose-Antonio Vazquez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Antoni Villarroel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilija Skugor having to interfere. In the 68th minute, Jose-Antonio Vazquez 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 11-0. Jose-Antonio Vazquez took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor 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 75th minute Toni Mauzer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alejandro Verdu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gonzalo Boye fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilija Skugor having to interfere. 79 minutes into the match, Jose-Antonio Vazquez notched a goal, 13-0, to the right of Croatia's Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Antoni Villarroel recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 85 minutes into the game, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Jose-Antonio Vazquez nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ilija Skugor made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 14-0. After a defensive mix-up in Croatia's zone, Joan Puig stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal and Joan Puig tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the referee ended the match the F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.