Challenge

Stadio delle Alpi
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jerome Bollaert took the kick off in the first half of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Geert Wijgaert managed to get in a good position for a shot. Facabora's supporters rose to their feet, but Geert Wijgaert was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 11th minute, Facabora's Geert Wijgaert ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Geert Wijgaert fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zvezdan Nedeljkovic having to interfere. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Geert Wijgaert showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 15 minute of play. Virgilio Manriquez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sreten Popovic went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Geert Wijgaert blasted a shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zvezdan Nedeljkovic having to make a save. After 25 minutes, Zivko Cvetkovic mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Serbia and the Facabora players grew even worse after the yellow card. Gwidon Kaczanka blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zvezdan Nedeljkovic having to make a save. A throw-in in the 29th minute of the game was made by Mugurel Alexandrescu with Julius Delcroix as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After a rather tough play, Facabora's Avram Diaconu got a free kick in the 36th minute. 37 minutes into the game, Serbia's Sreten Popovic nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Virgilio Manriquez made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. Jerome Bollaert fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zvezdan Nedeljkovic having to interfere. Jannes Bossuyt hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Serbia's attentive Miljan Gavrilovic managed to snatch the ball when Avram Diaconu made a throw-in in the 46th minute of the game.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sreten Popovic to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Gwidon Kaczanka came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Facabora booed when Serbia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zivko Cvetkovic didn't get a good kick on the ball. Momir Gisic made in the 57th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Rasko Nestorovski however managed to control. After 58 played minutes Serbia got a freekick which was hit by Sreten Popovic. 61 minutes into the game, Facabora's Geert Wijgaert nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-2. The throw-in from Mugurel Alexandrescu in the 66th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Serbia's Momir Gisic. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jerome Bollaert in the 69th minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute, Sreten Popovic hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jerome Bollaert in the 74th minute of play. Viktor Vercouteren made in the 79th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Geert Wijgaert. Jerome Bollaert struck a weak shot in the 82nd minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Facabora. If Gwidon Kaczanka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When the match clock showed 88 minutes, the score became 5-2 when Jerome Bollaert sped through Serbia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Facabora had played much better football throughout.