Challenge

Stadion Russówek
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Russówek's Maciej Chmelyk started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Jakub Gacki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Drasko Rajkovic in the 5th minute of play. In the 8th minute, Sreten Popovic left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Serbia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Russówek were furious when Leszek Psotka was red carded, 13 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 13th match minute, Russówek was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leszek Psotka to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Russówek's Konrad Dudek got a free kick in the 16th minute. In the 19th minute the ball was on its way in behind Russówek's goalkeeper Jakub Gacki, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Maciej Chmelyk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 23 minutes into the match, Russówek's Maciej Chmelyk sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zvezdan Nedeljkovic narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The throw-in from Miljan Gavrilovic in the 25th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Russówek's Wladyslaw Mudry. 26 minutes into the match, Russówek's Maciej Chmelyk sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zvezdan Nedeljkovic narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A sloppy throw-in by Cvijetin Nanusevski in the 28th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Russówek's Wladyslaw Mudry. A throw-in in the 30th minute of the game was made by Miljan Gavrilovic with Sreten Popovic as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 31st minute, Sreten Popovic left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Serbia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Maciej Chmelyk sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Russówek's Maciej Chmelyk slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. That made the score 1-2 after 35 minutes of play. Jakub Gacki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sreten Popovic in the 40th minute of play. After having played for 42 minutes, Vladeta Jovic managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Serbia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vladeta Jovic was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Russówek booed when Serbia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Borjan Golubovic didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, Russówek's Wladyslaw Mudry tried to score from far away in the 44th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Russówek's Jakub Gacki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sreten Popovic in the 46th minute of play. If Drasko Rajkovic had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

Jakub Gacki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Borjan Golubovic, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Sreten Popovic kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jakub Gacki. That made the score 1-3 in the 57 minute of play. Sreten Popovic could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Jakub Gacki made a huge save. In the 61st minute Sreten Popovic shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jakub Gacki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 66th match minute, Russówek was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wawrzyniec Witek to maneuver through the defense. Jakub Gacki came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by Serbia's Sreten Popovic. But to his dismay, Sreten Popovic quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Maciej Chmelyk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zvezdan Nedeljkovic having to interfere. Witalis Majusiak's late challenge caught a Serbia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Witalis Majusiak helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Serbia booed when Russówek was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Witalis Majusiak didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 77th minute Maciej Chmelyk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Zivko Cvetkovic in the 79th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Russówek's Wladyslaw Mudry. Jakub Gacki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sreten Popovic, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. In the 85th minute, Sreten Popovic 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. When Sreten Popovic came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Serbia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Sreten Popovic couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Serbia getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Drasko Rajkovic hit a great ball. Jakub Gacki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sreten Popovic in the 97th minute of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Serbia eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.