Challenge

Estadio Landeta
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, 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. Metod Mlynar started the match with the kick off. Fernan Dunixi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Henrich Slany having to make a save. After 6 minutes of play, Slovakia's Oliver Holub made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lázaro Hats was left in no man's land by his defense there! 9 minutes into the game, Cayetano Paz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. NECKER49's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Slovakia the free kick. After 9 played minutes NECKER49 got a freekick which was hit by Cayetano Paz. 15 minutes into the match, NECKER49's goal looked a bit too open when Metod Mlynar came free, but Lázaro Hats reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 16 minutes into the match, NECKER49's goal looked a bit too open when Metod Mlynar came free, but Lázaro Hats reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th minute, Augusto Pelayo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Slovakia's Henrich Slany got control of the ball when Augusto Pelayo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Constantino Miro struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Henrich Slany didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for NECKER49. After 32 minutes of play, Slovakia's Metod Mlynar made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lázaro Hats was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Metod Mlynar in the 35th minute of play forced NECKER49's goalkeeper Lázaro Hats to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lázaro Hats made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Metod Mlynar in the 37th minute of play. Pavol Koleno kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. In the 40th match minute, Slovakia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pavol Koleno to maneuver through the defense. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Oliver Holub was extremely unlucky when he, in the 51st minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. When Slovakia's Metod Mlynar in the 52nd minute got a chance for a shot 52nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye NECKER49's goalie prevented a goal. Metod Mlynar received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lázaro Hats came out and tried to block the shot, but Metod Mlynar slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 54th minute. Augusto Pelayo charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Augusto Pelayo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 57th minute, Augusto Pelayo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. NECKER49's Cayetano Paz quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Zigmund Maliar, made in the 62nd minute of the game. In the 65th minute Fernan Dunixi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henrich Slany saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 71st match minute, Slovakia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vavrinec Koleno to maneuver through the defense. NECKER49's attentive Cayetano Paz managed to snatch the ball when Vít Biskup made a throw-in in the 75th minute of the game. Lázaro Hats made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Metod Mlynar in the 77th minute of play. In the 79th match minute, NECKER49 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ermegildo Lauro to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Slovakia's Vít Biskup got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Augusto Pelayo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. NECKER49's Cayetano Paz quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Zigmund Maliar, made in the 87th minute of the game. Slovakia's Daniel Suchy quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ermegildo Lauro, made in the 88th minute of the game. After 89 played minutes NECKER49 got a freekick which was hit by Ermegildo Lauro. Lázaro Hats made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Oliver Holub sent off a good shot on target. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see NECKER49 lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.