Challenge

Serrinha
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Toni Mauzer made the kick off which started today's match. Dinko Stankovic received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Paulo José Fontes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 10 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Goiás Esporte Clube! In the 12th minute there was a penalty for Croatia. Toni Mauzer stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Paulo José Fontes. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Bosak in the 18th minute of play forced Goiás Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Paulo José Fontes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Zé Pedro da Mata kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ilija Skugor. That made the score 1-1 in the 24 minute of play. Flávio Dionísio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Ilija Skugor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Flávio Dionísio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Croatia getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Teo Gudelj hit a great ball. Flávio Dionísio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilija Skugor having to interfere. A collision led to Croatia getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Teo Gudelj hit a great ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Flávio Dionísio made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Eugênio Tróia came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th minute, Dinko Stankovic ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paulo José Fontes was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. After 61 played minutes Goiás Esporte Clube got a freekick which was hit by Rômulo Costa. 67 minutes into the match, Zé Pedro da Mata notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Croatia's Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Paulo José Fontes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toni Mauzer, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugênio Tróia in the 79th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Goiás Esporte Clube defense, Toni Mauzer kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Paulo José Fontes. The Goiás Esporte Clube fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Paulo José Fontes should have stopped the shot. The supporters of Goiás Esporte Clube booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Benjamin Domazet didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 87 played minutes Goiás Esporte Clube got a freekick which was hit by Paulo José Secco. If Flávio Dionísio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Goiás Esporte Clube lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.