Challenge

SimuV3 Arena Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) SimuV3's Danny Boy 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. In the 3rd minute, Danny Boy reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ilija Skugor. The goal made the score 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silvano Francho in the 7th minute of play forced Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Dinko Stankovic came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Croatia 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 Dinko Stankovic couldn't finish the play. Clodoveo Carlomagno's late challenge caught a Croatia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Clodoveo Carlomagno helped the player get up and apologised. The audience was convinced that Danny Boy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilija Skugor was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Danny Boys short, quick shot in the 16thth minute got Ilija Skugor to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 17th minute, SimuV3's Liu Kun Zhan ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. The supporters of SimuV3 booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patrik Terzic didn't get a good kick on the ball. SimuV3's Ruben Petri got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 22 minutes into the match, Danny Boy dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ilija Skugor, 3-0. Clodoveo Carlomagno could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Ilija Skugor made a huge save. Danny Boy took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Silvano Francho blasted a shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ilija Skugor having to make a save. When the match had gone on for 33 minutes, Silvano Francho took a quick shot and it went in 5-0 without a chance for Ilija Skugor to make any attempt to save it. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Danny Boy in the 38th minute of the match. Ilija Skugor was out of position in the 40 minute of play, and Silvano Francho capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Silvano Francho really showed his touch with that goal: 6-0. Neven Culina hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Toni Mauzer was the one to do the kick off. In the 55th minute, Silvano Francho made a precise shot to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-0. Danny Boy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilija Skugor having to interfere. In the 60th minute Saul Godoy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilija Skugor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Liu Kun Zhan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. The Croatia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ilija Skugor should have stopped the shot. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvano Francho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Damir Pongrac had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Liu Kun Zhan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Ilija Skugor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silvano Francho, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liu Kun Zhan, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Feliciano Silvanito blasted a shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ilija Skugor having to make a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Liu Kun Zhan managed to get in a good position for a shot. SimuV3's supporters rose to their feet, but Liu Kun Zhan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ilija Skugor breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match clock showed 74 minutes, the score became 9-0 when Saul Godoy sped through Croatia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. Saul Godoy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Ilija Skugor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvano Francho in the 82nd minute of play. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by SimuV3's Saul Godoy. But to his dismay, Saul Godoy quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 11-0. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Feliciano Silvanito kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. The Croatia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ilija Skugor should have stopped the shot. SimuV3's Guillermo Baleren was substituted for Liu Kun Zhan. In the 94th minute, Ernesto Oskarbi made a precise shot to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 13-0. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernesto Oskarbi in the 97th minute of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. SimuV3 fully deserved thier win.