Challenge

Ribeiro Sales FC
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joaquim Tasso kicked off to start the match. After 4 minutes of play, Ribeiro Sales FC's Isen Gard made it 1-0 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! Ribeiro Sales FC's Murilo Bueno got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Murilo Bueno's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 8thth minute, Zvezdan Nedeljkovic skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 9 minutes into the game, Joaquim Tasso lined in a short shot 2-0 behind a frustrated Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a fantastic save in the 12th minute, when Joaquim Tasso sent off a good shot on target. 13 minutes into the game, Ribeiro Sales FC's Isen Gard 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, 3-0. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was out of position in the 21 minute of play, and Isen Gard capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Isen Gard really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. When Joaquim Tasso came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Ribeiro Sales FC 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 Joaquim Tasso couldn't finish the play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cvijetin Nanusevski during the 29th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 29 played minutes Serbia got a freekick which was hit by Cvijetin Nanusevski. Isen Gard sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 34th minute, Isen Gard made a precise shot to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Serbia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Murilo Bueno in the 45th minute of play. Isen Gard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zvezdan Nedeljkovic having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sreten Popovic was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Isen Gard came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joaquim Tasso scored 7-0 in the 55th 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. 57 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Isen Gard came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joaquim Tasso in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saved Serbia from getting behind. Cvijetin Nanusevski lost his temper 64 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 63rd minute, one of Serbia:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Serbia. The referee gave Ribeiro Sales FC a penalty, 65 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Zé Augusto Rossi, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. 9-0. In the 68th minute, Isen Gard left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ribeiro Sales FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 10-0. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isen Gard, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. When Borjan Golubovic fell near the penalty area in the 72nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Serbia's protests and gave Borjan Golubovic a yellow card for diving instead. Borjan Golubovic kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. When the match clock showed 74 minutes, the score became 11-0 when Joaquim Tasso sped through Serbia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. After having played for 90 minutes, Isen Gard managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ribeiro Sales FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Isen Gard was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquim Tasso in the 90th minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Isen Gard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. There was no doubt that Ribeiro Sales FC were the better team. Ribeiro Sales FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.