Challenge

Nestor C. Kirchner
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Basilio Fernandez got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd minute, Cvijetin Nanusevski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 3rd minute, Ruquense FC's Remigio Quirze dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. In the 6th minute, Remigio Quirze 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. In the 7th minute of the match, Basilio Fernandez tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Geovanni Zalon put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Geovanni Zalon's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 14th minute of play. Leopoldo Tonio made in the 15th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Basilio Fernandez. Basilio Fernandez received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out and tried to block the shot, but Basilio Fernandez slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 19th minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Ruquense FC's Basilio Fernandez. But to his dismay, Basilio Fernandez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Silvano Bide received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Geovanni Zalon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Remigio Quirze sent off a good shot on target. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Geovanni Zalon showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 6-0 in the 37 minute of play. When Basilio Fernandez came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Ruquense 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 Basilio Fernandez couldn't finish the play. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Serbia from getting a goal against them. Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 51st minute, Basilio Fernandez 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. Geovanni Zalon took the ball and in the 56 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 8-0. 66 minutes into the game, Leopoldo Tonio threw the ball into play from the sideline. Serbia's Borjan Golubovic quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Geovanni Zalon in the 68th minute of the match. Basilio Fernandez succeeded in the game's 69th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 10-0. Zeca Schmidt kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Basilio Fernandez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Ruquense FC booed when Serbia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Momir Gisic didn't get a good kick on the ball. Remigio Quirze took the ball and in the 80 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 12-0. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Remigio Quirze in the 83rd minute of play. After 87 minutes of play, Ruquense FC's Geovanni Zalon made it 13-0 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! If Geovanni Zalon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Ruquense FC had played much better football throughout.