Challenge

Arena Denver
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) When Denver Zago fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored DENVER™'s protests and gave Denver Zago a yellow card for diving instead. DENVER™'s Nico Furlan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Metod Mlynar in the 8th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cleithon Minuhin got free with Henrich Slany in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 13 minutes, Cleithon Minuhin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the DENVER™ and the Slovakia players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, DENVER™'s Cleithon Minuhin got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 16th minute of the match, Cleithon Minuhin tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Henrich Slany saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The audience was convinced that Cleithon Minuhin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Henrich Slany was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. After 25 played minutes DENVER™ got a freekick which was hit by Cleithon Minuhin. In the 27th match minute, Slovakia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kornel Jahoda to maneuver through the defense. Alfredo Rezende took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 30th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Henrich Slany. Slovakia's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to Slovakia getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Zigmund Maliar hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cleithon Minuhin got free with Henrich Slany in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 37th match minute, Slovakia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vavrinec Koleno to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Slovakia's Henrich Slany got control of the ball when Cleithon Minuhin tried to sneak it across the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 40 minutes into the game, when Stefan Havel put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 39th minute of the game. One of Slovakia:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of DENVER™:s goal. In the 41st minute, Alfredo Rezende left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The DENVER™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 44th minute, Nilmar Freitas 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. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

After 51 minutes, Kornel Jahoda mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Slovakia and the DENVER™ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 51st minute, Kornel Jahoda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Henrich Slany didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when DENVER™'s Cleithon Minuhin shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. With an all-out effort, Slovakia's Nico Furlan threw himself towards the right post 64 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Metod Mlynar, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind Slovakia's goalkeeper Henrich Slany, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. DENVER™'s Nilmar Freitas got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Henrich Slany made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nilmar Freitas in the 72nd minute of play. 76 minutes into the game, Cleithon Minuhin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Henrich Slany was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Vavrinec Koleno hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Henrich Slany took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nilmar Freitas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The DENVER™ fans' excitement grew in the 83rd match minute when DENVER™'s Guilherme Abud looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 94 minutes into the match, Guilherme Abud notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of Slovakia's Henrich Slany. Henrich Slany was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the referee ended the match the DENVER™ players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.