Challenge

Gigabyte Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Joel Teles made the kick off and thus started the match. Toni Mauzer recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toni Mauzer in the 10th minute of play forced Gigabyte Futebol's goalkeeper Anderson do Nascimento to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Dinko Stankovic had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anderson do Nascimento took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Bosak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Croatia getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Damir Pongrac hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eurico Toledo got free with Ilija Skugor in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eurico Toledo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gigabyte Futebol's Anderson do Nascimento played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toni Mauzer in the 23rd minute of play. Joel Teles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilija Skugor having to interfere. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Teles in the 27th minute of the match. Damir Pongrac might have been able to make a better finish in the 29th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Anderson do Nascimento. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Damir Pongrac ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 31st minute, Martin Bosak left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Croatia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 40th minute Emílio Netto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilija Skugor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Martin Bosak during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ilija Skugor acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 44th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Joel Teles. After a rather tough play, Croatia's Damir Pongrac got a free kick in the 45th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Toni Mauzer to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Martin Bosak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anderson do Nascimento saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Gigabyte Futebol getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Paulo Cardoso hit a great ball. Martin Bosak received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Anderson do Nascimento came out and tried to block the shot, but Martin Bosak slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 62nd minute. Eurico Toledo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 73rdth minute of the game Joel Teles who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Croatia's Ilija Skugor was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 79th minute, Eurico Toledo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ilija Skugor was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Teles in the 89th minute of play forced Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Croatia supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Croatia would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.