Challenge

Bonobo Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Serbia's Sreten Popovic 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. Thanks to some nice moves Cristiano Porro could shoot a difficult shot in the 3rd minute, which Zvezdan Nedeljkovic however easily saved by the left post. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudio Di Lorenzo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 5th minute Cristiano Porro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Bonobos FC's Cristiano Porro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. That made the score 1-0 after 7 minutes of play. Serbia's defense didn't have a chance, in the 10th minute, when Claudio Di Lorenzo scored to the left of an out of position Zvezdan Nedeljkovic, making the score, 2-0. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was a little too slow when Cristiano Porro got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 12th minute. The score was now 3-0. Claudio Di Lorenzo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 18th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Cristiano Porro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. In the 23rd minute, Damiano Giorda 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 4-0. Damiano Giorda kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudio Di Lorenzo in the 29th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudio Di Lorenzo in the 32nd minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd match minute, Serbia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Borjan Golubovic to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Serbia's Cvijetin Nanusevski got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Claudio Di Lorenzo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zvezdan Nedeljkovic having to interfere. Sreten Popovic hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Serbia from getting a goal against them. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudio Di Lorenzo in the 47th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cristiano Porro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Claudio Di Lorenzo 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 7-0. In the 56th minute, Cristiano Porro made a precise shot to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Serbia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 8-0. 63 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Claudio Di Lorenzo came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 64th minute Damiano Giorda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damiano Giorda in the 66th minute of play. Claudio Di Lorenzo took the ball and in the 70 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 9-0. After some careless play in the Serbia defense, Claudio Di Lorenzo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. The Serbia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zvezdan Nedeljkovic should have stopped the shot. In the 78th minute Concetto Ciaccia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Porro in the 80th minute of play. If Cristiano Porro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristiano Porro in the 83rd minute of play. In the 85th minute Claudio Di Lorenzo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, Cristiano Porro 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 Cristiano Porro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 11-0. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudio Di Lorenzo in the 90th minute of the match. In the 91st minute Carter Longo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristiano Porro in the 93rd minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristiano Porro, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute.