Challenge

Estadio Lula
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Erik Jilek started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Lukáč Jančich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erik Jilek in the 6th minute of play. Alan Rezek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 16th match minute, Czech Republic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bohumir Kohout to maneuver through the defense. Mateo Mergildo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vavrinec Holub having to interfere. Bar Scully charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bar Scully the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Bar Scully kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. In the 30th match minute, Atletico Lula was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stanislav Gábor to maneuver through the defense. 30 minutes into the match, Atletico Lula's goal looked a bit too open when Erik Jilek came free, but Lukáč Jančich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Erik Jilek scored 0-1 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lukáč Jančich, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Mateo Mergildo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Atletico Lula defense, Alan Rezek kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lukáč Jančich. The Atletico Lula fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lukáč Jančich should have stopped the shot. Czech Republic's defense didn't have a chance, in the 46th minute, when Mateo Mergildo scored to the left of an out of position Vavrinec Holub, making the score, 1-2. After the first half Czech Republic were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Bar Scully made the kick off in the second half. When Denis Dostal came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Czech Republic 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 Denis Dostal couldn't finish the play. Daniel Vitek hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Richard Petreje in the 56th minute of play. Lukáč Jančich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Denis Dostal in the 60th minute of the match. Erik Jilek could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Lukáč Jančich made a huge save. In the 64th minute Denis Dostal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lukáč Jančich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lukáč Jančich showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erik Jilek, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. 73 minutes into the game, Denis Dostal cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Lukáč Jančich was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 81st minute, Denis Dostal reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Lukáč Jančich. The goal made the score 1-4. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Alan Rezek hit a great ball. After 87 minutes of play, Atletico Lula's Richard Petreje made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vavrinec Holub was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 96th minute, Daniel Vitek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. It was beautiful to see Atletico Lula's Viktor Brdáč in action when he in the 97th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Czech Republic walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.