Challenge

Estádio do Fúria
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Toni Mauzer made the kick off and thus started the match. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Toni Mauzer put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Júlio Porto. Júlio Porto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toni Mauzer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 12 minutes of play, Fúria Futebol Clube's Luís Gustavo Carvalho made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ilija Skugor was left in no man's land by his defense there! Benjamin Domazet charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Benjamin Domazet the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Benjamin Domazet kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. In the 17th minute, Nelsinho Nóbrega 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. After a rather tough play, Croatia's Patrik Terzic got a free kick in the 18th minute. After 20 minutes, Eduard Kostelac mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Croatia and the Fúria Futebol Clube players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Croatia's Eduard Kostelac got a free kick in the 20th minute. Alberto Soares kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. 25 minutes into the game, Damir Pongrac was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Croatia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Fúria Futebol Clube the free kick. Damir Pongrac kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Franklin Alves took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 26th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ilija Skugor. Croatia's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 37 minutes into the match, Frank Campidelis dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ilija Skugor, 2-2. Juninho Paranaense charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Juninho Paranaense the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Croatia booed when Fúria Futebol Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juninho Paranaense didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 41 minutes of play Fúria Futebol Clube's Juninho Paranaense was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Croatia made a substitution. Marin Jerkovic replaced Damir Pongrac. Dinko Stankovic's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Júlio Porto read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 44th minute of play. Marin Jerkovic kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. In the 47th minute of the match Franklin Alves shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ilija Skugor showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Marin Jerkovic in the 55th minute of play forced Fúria Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Júlio Porto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luís Gustavo Carvalho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Ilija Skugor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Toni Mauzer could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Júlio Porto made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in Croatia's zone, Luís Gustavo Carvalho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal and Luís Gustavo Carvalho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Campidelis in the 69th minute of play. With a little luck, Fúria Futebol Clube's Júlio Porto got control of the ball when Neven Culina tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Frank Campidelis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. The Croatia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ilija Skugor should have stopped the shot. After 86 minutes, Wilton Nunes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fúria Futebol Clube and the Croatia players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luís Gustavo Carvalho went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score.