Challenge

Xavier Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sreten Popovic got the match started through his kick off. When the match clock showed 9 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Marcinho Duarte sped through Serbia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. After some careless play in the Serbia defense, Marcinho Duarte kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. The Serbia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zvezdan Nedeljkovic should have stopped the shot. Alan Nogueira made in the 18th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Ignacio Esparza. After a defensive mix-up in Serbia's zone, Marcinho Duarte stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out of the goal and Marcinho Duarte tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 21st minute Marcinho Duarte 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcinho Duarte in the 23rd minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A hard shot 26 in the game by 梅辰城 from a close distance when the talented Zvezdan Nedeljkovic managed to make a qualified save. Serbia's players were relieved. Marcinho Duarte scored 3-0 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcinho Duarte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Sreten Popovic had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Marcinho Duarte came free with the goalkeeper in the 32nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Zvezdan Nedeljkovic could save by the left post. Borjan Golubovic hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcinho Duarte in the 34th minute. After having played for 35 minutes, Tony Guedes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Tony Guedes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cvijetin Nanusevski during the 36th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Serbia getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Cvijetin Nanusevski hit a great ball. 38 minutes into the match, Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marcinho Duarte. In the 39th minute, ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠'s Ignacio Esparza 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. 4-0. Marcinho Duarte took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. After some careless play in the Serbia defense, Ignacio Esparza kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. The Serbia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zvezdan Nedeljkovic should have stopped the shot. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marcinho Duarte made a kick off. The throw-in from Luizão Van Dijk in the 54th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Serbia's Borjan Golubovic. A sloppy throw-in by Luizão Van Dijk in the 55th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Serbia's Borjan Golubovic. 56 minutes into the match, ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠'s goalkeeper Cristinel Cioculescu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sreten Popovic. After a rather tough play, ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠'s Alan Nogueira got a free kick in the 57th minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcinho Duarte in the 64th minute of play. 66 minutes into the game, Marcinho Duarte cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-0. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacio Esparza in the 73rd minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 78 minutes of play, ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠'s Giuseppe Leite made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was left in no man's land by his defense there! Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ignacio Esparza in the 80th minute of play. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giuseppe Leite, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 83rd minute, Ignacio Esparza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 11-0. Jovan Borisov's late challenge caught a ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jovan Borisov helped the player get up and apologised. After 86 played minutes Serbia got a freekick which was hit by Jovan Borisov. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ignacio Esparza went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 12-0 was the resulting score. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignacio Esparza in the 91st minute of the match. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 梅辰城, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 梅辰城 in the 94th minute of play. Tony Guedes might have been able to make a better finish in the 95th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tony Guedes ran back to his position shaking his head. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ignacio Esparza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.