Challenge

Zograf 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. With a little luck, Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic got control of the ball when Bogomil Kandov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Serbia from getting a goal against them. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Bogomil Kandov showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 7 minute of play. Gustaf Svanström kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Jovan Borisov was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 14 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in Serbia fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 14th minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 16 minutes, Zograf FC's Samuil Borshukov got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Gustaf Svanström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 22 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Gustaf Svanström came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Serbia from getting a goal against them. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustaf Svanström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bogomil Kandov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a huge save. After some careless play in the Serbia defense, Bogomil Kandov 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. Bogomil Kandov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Gustaf Svanström made the kick off in the second half. Borjan Golubovic hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustaf Svanström in the 60th minute of the match. The throw-in from Strahil Ruzhekov in the 62nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Serbia's Zivko Cvetkovic. In the 63rd minute, Bogomil Kandov 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. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by Zograf FC's Vihren Shestakov. But to his dismay, Vihren Shestakov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. Cvijetin Nanusevski hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. In the 69th minute of the match Samuil Borshukov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 73 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Bogomil Kandov came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bogomil Kandov in the 88th minute of play. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustaf Svanström in the 90th minute of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Zograf FC fully deserved thier win.