Challenge

MARAKANA
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fu Sen Yi took the kick off in the first half of the match. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ziggy Zigdon, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. 9 minutes into the game, Drasko Rajkovic was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Serbia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FK CRVENA ZVEZDA the free kick. After 9 played minutes Serbia got a freekick which was hit by Drasko Rajkovic. FK CRVENA ZVEZDA's Fu Sen Yi was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 11th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raphael Fruehauf in the 15th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bartlomiej Rzentkowski in the 19th minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Serbia getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Sreten Popovic hit a great ball. Harry Leuthard made in the 26th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Serbia's Zivko Cvetkovic. 28 minutes into the game, FK CRVENA ZVEZDA's Fu Sen Yi 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, 5-0. Raphael Fruehauf scored 6-0 in the 34th 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. 37 minutes into the game, Harry Leuthard threw the ball into play from the sideline. Serbia's Zivko Cvetkovic quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fu Sen Yi got free with Zvezdan Nedeljkovic in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 40th minute, Borjan Golubovic hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Volmar Boyer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 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 away team seemed most concentrated when Sreten Popovic stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, Fu Sen Yi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Serbia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fu Sen Yi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fu Sen Yi in the 60th minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When FK CRVENA ZVEZDA's Fu Sen Yi in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Serbia's goalie prevented a goal. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ziggy Zigdon in the 63rd minute of play. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fu Sen Yi in the 68th minute of the match. The supporters of FK CRVENA ZVEZDA booed when Serbia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Borjan Golubovic didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raphael Fruehauf in the 70th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ziggy Zigdon in the 71st minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Serbia's Momir Gisic got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fu Sen Yi went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 9-0 was the resulting score. Fu Sen Yi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 81 minutes into the match, Raphael Fruehauf had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Serbia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Raphael Fruehauf was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 10-0. Sreten Popovic could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Henri Holmström made a huge save. In the 94th minute, Ziggy Zigdon ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was frozen by the shot and now it was 12-0.