Challenge

Croatia Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Waut De Mare made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 2nd minute, Gil Travassos 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 0-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Antônio de Medeiros during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 5 played minutes Lovat SS got a freekick which was hit by Antônio de Medeiros. In the 8th minute, Waut De Mare 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 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gil Travassos in the 11th minute of play. After 12 minutes of play, Lovat SS's Gil Travassos made it 0-2 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! After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Juan Senna 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. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Gil Travassos 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 supporters of Lovat SS booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Martin Bosak didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gil Travassos went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. In the 33rdth minute of the game João Paulo Hoffmann who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Croatia's Ilija Skugor was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Damir Pongrac's late challenge caught a Lovat SS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Damir Pongrac helped the player get up and apologised. 37 minutes into the match, Juan Senna had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Juan Senna was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. If Toni Mauzer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juan Senna in the 41st minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-7 lead.

51 minutes into the match, Juan Senna notched a goal, 0-8, 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. After a defensive mix-up in Croatia's zone, Toni Kroos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal and Toni Kroos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in Croatia's zone, Gil Travassos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal and Gil Travassos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Juan Senna went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-9 was the resulting score. In the 61st minute, Waut De Mare 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. Lovat SS's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Waut De Mare in the 64th minute. The corner ended in Waut De Mare almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Croatia's Ilija Skugor did a great save. Croatia's Ilija Skugor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Croatia from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Antônio de Medeiros in the 68th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ilija Skugor saved Croatia from getting behind. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gil Travassos in the 69th minute of the match. In the 70th minute of the match Lovat SS got a corner. Croatia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Waut De Mare ran over to the corner to take the kick. Teo Gudelj charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Teo Gudelj the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Croatia getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Teo Gudelj hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, João Paulo Hoffmann managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lovat SS's supporters rose to their feet, but João Paulo Hoffmann was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ilija Skugor breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ilija Skugor was out of position in the 78 minute of play, and Juan Senna capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Juan Senna really showed his touch with that goal: 0-11. In the 80th minute, Antônio de Medeiros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Neven Culina fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Croatia's protests and gave Neven Culina a yellow card for diving instead. Neven Culina kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. 86 minutes into the match, Gil Travassos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gil Travassos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-12. 89 minutes into the match, Waut De Mare had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Waut De Mare was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-13. Lovat SS's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.