Challenge

Tavernerio
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sreten Popovic started the match with the kick off. The Saucho fans' excitement grew in the 3rd match minute when Saucho's Dragan Izetbegović 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 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Miljan Gavrilovic's late challenge caught a Saucho's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Miljan Gavrilovic helped the player get up and apologised. In the 5th minute, Miljan Gavrilovic hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 7 minutes in the game, Alberto Villani fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Zvezdan Nedeljkovic having to interfere. In the 8th minute, Saucho's Biagio Cimino dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Serbia from getting a goal against them. Biagio Cimino did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-0 to the left of a surprised Zvezdan Nedeljkovic 13 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Serbia defense, Dragan Izetbegović 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. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Bruno Bellomo took a quick shot and it went in 5-0 without a chance for Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to make any attempt to save it. After 23 played minutes Serbia got a freekick which was hit by Jovan Borisov. Biagio Cimino succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 6-0 in the 24th playminute. In the 28th minute, Alexander Di Massimo 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. Biagio Cimino took the ball and in the 34 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 8-0. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Biagio Cimino sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Dragan Izetbegović managed to get in a good position for a shot. Saucho's supporters rose to their feet, but Dragan Izetbegović was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Dragan Izetbegović had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Biagio Cimino got free with Zvezdan Nedeljkovic in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 8-0.

Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alberto Villani went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 9-0 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the Serbia defense, Alberto Villani 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. 59 minutes into the game, Saucho's Alberto Villani 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, 11-0. After 64 minutes, Biagio Cimino made it 12-0 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 Alberto Villani, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. 68 minutes into the game, Saucho's Biagio Cimino 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, 13-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Bellomo in the 71st minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 72 minutes had been played when some careless play by Serbia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alberto Villani was slow to take the kick. During this time Saucho's players had a chance to rest. Alexander Di Massimo made a great header on Saucho's corner, it was just that Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic managed to reach the ball for a save. After some careless play in the Serbia defense, Biagio Cimino 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. 77 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Dragan Izetbegović came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Biagio Cimino went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 15-0 was the resulting score. Vilhelm Nordström made in the 83rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Serbia's Cvijetin Nanusevski. After a rather tough play, Serbia's Jovan Borisov got a free kick in the 85th minute. After 86 played minutes, Saucho's Alberto Villani shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Saucho reached it. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Villani in the 88th minute of play. In the 90th minute, Dragan Izetbegović made a precise shot to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Serbia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 16-0. Alberto Villani took the ball and in the 94 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 17-0.