Challenge

14 de Abril
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tiburcio Longa kicked off to start the match. The Old Boys's Haroldo Padro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toni Mauzer in the 3rd minute of play. Martin Bosak took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 4th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Haroldo Padro. The Old Boys's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After having played for 5 minutes, Damir Pongrac managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Croatia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Damir Pongrac was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Haroldo Padro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toni Mauzer, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. 15 minutes into the game, Neven Culina threw the ball into play from the sideline. The Old Boys's Nereo Medardo quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Haroldo Padro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Martin Bosak went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Haroldo Padro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Bosak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Toni Mauzer struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Haroldo Padro didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Croatia. Tiburcio Longa struck a weak shot in the 28th minute. Ilija Skugor didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for The Old Boys. In the 32ndth minute of the game Toni Mauzer who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but The Old Boys's Haroldo Padro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Haroldo Padro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eduard Kostelac, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. When Croatia's Damir Pongrac in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye The Old Boys's goalie prevented a goal. In the 39th minute Toni Mauzer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haroldo Padro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 40th minute, Dinko Stankovic left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Croatia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Haroldo Padro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toni Mauzer, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. 46 minutes into the match, Toni Mauzer had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Haroldo Padro. The Old Boys's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Toni Mauzer was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After the first half Croatia were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Toni Mauzer made a kick off. Silvije Santek made in the 56th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Neven Culina immediately put the ball in play. Dinko Stankovic sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Haroldo Padro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Toni Mauzer's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dinko Stankovic got free with Haroldo Padro in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Haroldo Padro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toni Mauzer in the 63rd minute of the match. Toni Mauzer who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 65thth minute tested the skills of Haroldo Padro when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Haroldo Padro was a little too slow when Toni Mauzer got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 66th minute. The score was now 0-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Toni Mauzer got free with Haroldo Padro in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toni Mauzer in the 72nd minute of play forced The Old Boys's goalkeeper Haroldo Padro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Haroldo Padro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toni Mauzer, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. If Neven Culina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Croatia's Martin Bosak got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Old Boys's Haroldo Padro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save The Old Boys from getting a goal against them. 87 minutes into the match, The Old Boys's goal looked a bit too open when Toni Mauzer came free, but Haroldo Padro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Tiburcio Longa fell near the penalty area in the 89th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored The Old Boys's protests and gave Tiburcio Longa a yellow card for diving instead. In the 89th match minute, The Old Boys was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tiburcio Longa to maneuver through the defense. In the 93rd minute Ildefonso Fliz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilija Skugor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toni Mauzer in the 97th minute of play forced The Old Boys's goalkeeper Haroldo Padro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.