Challenge

Asgard Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Leonel Oliveira got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Aesir FC FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Toni Mauzer came free, but Ulysses Esteves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Teo Gudelj in the 8th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Aesir FC FSCMZ's Carlos Prado. In the 14th match minute, Aesir FC FSCMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hélio Cosme to maneuver through the defense. 17 minutes in the game Silvije Santek did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Neven Culina. Ulysses Esteves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Bosak in the 18th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Toni Mauzer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ulysses Esteves was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Ulysses Esteves didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Damir Pongrac went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Ulysses Esteves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damir Pongrac, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aesir FC FSCMZ's Ulysses Esteves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Neven Culina in the 25th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Croatia's Damir Pongrac got a free kick in the 26th minute. Aesir FC FSCMZ's Edgard de Castro managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Silvije Santek in the 31 minute of the game. 35 minutes into the match, Eduard Kostelac had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ulysses Esteves. Aesir FC FSCMZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eduard Kostelac was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Aesir FC FSCMZ's Edgard de Castro quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Teo Gudelj, made in the 39th minute of the game. Silvije Santek made in the 41st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Dinko Stankovic however managed to control. When Croatia's Dinko Stankovic in the 42nd minute got a chance for a shot 42nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Aesir FC FSCMZ's goalie prevented a goal. Benjamin Domazet kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

With a couple of smart ball manuevers Toni Mauzer in the 51st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ulysses Esteves saved Aesir FC FSCMZ from getting behind. Damir Pongrac could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Ulysses Esteves made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as Toni Mauzer kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ulysses Esteves. That made the score 0-4 in the 54 minute of play. Hélio Cosme hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. André Luís Loureiro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ilija Skugor read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 62nd minute of play. In the 65th minute André Luiz Cabral 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. After some careless play in the Aesir FC FSCMZ defense, Dinko Stankovic kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ulysses Esteves. The Aesir FC FSCMZ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ulysses Esteves should have stopped the shot. A sloppy throw-in by Eduard Kostelac in the 85th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Aesir FC FSCMZ's André Luís Loureiro. André Luís Loureiro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ilija Skugor read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 86th minute of play. Toni Mauzer received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ulysses Esteves came out and tried to block the shot, but Toni Mauzer slotted it home off the left post making it 0-7 in the 89th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toni Mauzer in the 93rd minute of play forced Aesir FC FSCMZ's goalkeeper Ulysses Esteves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Aesir FC FSCMZ supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Croatia's performance. The match ended with a win for Croatia.