Challenge

Pirsus Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Ilija Skugor made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Percy Ziegler sent off a good shot on target. 7 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Giuliano Spiller came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lionel Faoccia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Ilija Skugor made a huge save. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Lionel Faoccia 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. Ilija Skugor was out of position in the 33 minute of play, and Lionel Faoccia capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Lionel Faoccia really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. In the 40th minute, Giuliano Spiller fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Ilija Skugor, passed just outside the right post. Tiberius Grossmann charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tiberius Grossmann the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 41st match minute, Pirsus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tiberius Grossmann to maneuver through the defense. If Damir Pongrac had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Griffin Cinq-Mars hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Croatia's Ilija Skugor got control of the ball when Percy Ziegler tried to sneak it across the goal line. 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 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Toni Mauzer to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Croatia's Teo Gudelj got a free kick in the 58th minute. The throw-in from Silvije Santek in the 59th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Pirsus's Pier Pfeifer. In the 63rd match minute, Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Silvije Santek to maneuver through the defense. If Giuliano Spiller had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Lionel Faoccia 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. Giuliano Spiller sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Pirsus's Jacques Mayer got a free kick in the 86th minute. In the 89th minute, Giuliano Spiller left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pirsus fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. The audience was convinced that Toni Mauzer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Igor Eigel was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. Pirsus's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.