Challenge

Gränskontrollen
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sreten Popovic took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Julian Frank had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arne Benett sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zivko Cvetkovic hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Flock of Eagles's Mats Jönsson got a free kick in the 11th minute. Otto Linqvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sreten Popovic, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 21 minutes, Edward Lindman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Flock of Eagles and the Serbia players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Serbia booed when Flock of Eagles was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edward Lindman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Niclas Bäck sent off a good shot on target. Julian Frank received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With 34 minutes on the clock, Cvijetin Nanusevski commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 34th minute, one of Serbia:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Serbia. In the 43rd match minute, Serbia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Momir Gisic to maneuver through the defense. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Niclas Bäck to make the kick off. Drasko Rajkovic received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Otto Linqvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Momir Gisic kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Niclas Bäck's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lennart Barck, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. 72 minutes into the match, Flock of Eagles's goalkeeper Otto Linqvist had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Drasko Rajkovic. In the 74th minute the ball was on its way in behind Flock of Eagles's goalkeeper Otto Linqvist, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A sloppy throw-in by Johannes Bammerman in the 79th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Serbia's Momir Gisic. The audience was convinced that Niclas Bäck's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. In the 82nd minute, Momir Gisic hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Serbia's attentive Momir Gisic managed to snatch the ball when Richard Gadd made a throw-in in the 87th minute of the game. A collision led to Serbia getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Sreten Popovic hit a great ball. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Niclas Bäck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 95 minutes into the match, Lennart Barck had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Serbia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lennart Barck was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0.