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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Croatia's Toni Mauzer 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. The supporters of ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓关公战秦琼足球俱乐部【CMOL】 booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patrik Terzic didn't get a good kick on the ball. ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓关公战秦琼足球俱乐部【CMOL】's 武彬岩 couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Croatia. 13 minutes into the match, Croatia's Toni Mauzer sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that 徐兴永 narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 14 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when 武彬岩 came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 武彬岩 hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 陆烨钢, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 陆烨钢 in the 25th minute of play. 陆烨钢 received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ilija Skugor came out and tried to block the shot, but 陆烨钢 slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 31st minute. 武彬岩 who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 34thth minute tested the skills of Ilija Skugor when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Through an outstanding action, after 38 minutes, Ilija Skugor successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 武彬岩's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 40thth minute, Ilija Skugor skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓关公战秦琼足球俱乐部【CMOL】's 徐兴永 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toni Mauzer in the 43rd minute of play. Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 武彬岩 went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

After a defensive mix-up in ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓关公战秦琼足球俱乐部【CMOL】's zone, Damir Pongrac stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 徐兴永 came out of the goal and Damir Pongrac tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nelson Cabral, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nelson Cabral went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nelson Cabral, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 武彬岩, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by 武彬岩 in the 65th minute of play forced Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓关公战秦琼足球俱乐部【CMOL】 getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. 齐桑烽 hit a great ball. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 武彬岩, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 77th minute, Toni Mauzer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 武彬岩 went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nelson Cabral in the 84th minute of the match. 徐兴永 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Toni Mauzer in the 87th minute. Croatia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Toni Mauzer in the 88th minute. In the 88th minute, Neven Culina fired away an extremely well hit free kick, but unfortunately the ball went just outside to the right hand side of 徐兴永. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 陆烨钢, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 96 minutes into the game, 洪迪军 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓关公战秦琼足球俱乐部【CMOL】's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Croatia the free kick. There was no doubt that ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓关公战秦琼足球俱乐部【CMOL】 were the better team. ☆冰谷☆〓新势力〓关公战秦琼足球俱乐部【CMOL】's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.