Challenge

Estadio Pueblito
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Toni Mauzer kicked off to start the match. Mauro Ciceron took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Bosak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 4 minutes into the match, Martin Bosak had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mauro Ciceron. deportivo madrid's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Martin Bosak was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 6th minute Toni Mauzer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mauro Ciceron saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Damir Pongrac sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Toni Mauzer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Mauro Ciceron tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benjamin Domazet hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. deportivo madrid's Mauro Ciceron played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toni Mauzer in the 17th minute of play. After 19 minutes of play, Croatia's Damir Pongrac made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mauro Ciceron was left in no man's land by his defense there! deportivo madrid's Nunez Ilixo got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Emilio Galoer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 26th minute, Nunez Ilixo 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 Eduard Kostelac got a free kick in the 28th minute. When Esteban Hug fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored deportivo madrid's protests and gave Esteban Hug a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, deportivo madrid's Esteban Hug got a free kick in the 30th minute. 33 minutes into the match, Toni Mauzer notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of deportivo madrid's Mauro Ciceron. Mauro Ciceron was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 36 minutes into the match, deportivo madrid's goal looked a bit too open when Damir Pongrac came free, but Mauro Ciceron reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Emilio Galoer during the 37th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 40 minutes of play, Croatia's Toni Mauzer made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mauro Ciceron was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mauro Ciceron took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damir Pongrac, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

Damir Pongrac fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mauro Ciceron having to interfere. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Casimiro Maju in the 56th minute of play. 60 minutes into the match, deportivo madrid's goal looked a bit too open when Damir Pongrac came free, but Mauro Ciceron reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dinko Stankovic sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 70th minute Toni Mauzer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mauro Ciceron saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 73 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Benjamin Bladi came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Martin Bosak managed to get in a good position for a shot. Croatia's supporters rose to their feet, but Martin Bosak was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mauro Ciceron breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 89 minutes into the game, Croatia's Martin Bosak nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mauro Ciceron made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. Croatia were furious when Benjamin Domazet was red carded, 94 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Benjamin Domazet kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Jimeno Gaskon, 96 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. The deportivo madrid supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Croatia's performance. The match ended with a win for Croatia.