Challenge

Ricardo Graziano
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Toni Mauzer took the kick off in the first half of the match. Damir Pongrac's late challenge caught a Atlético Paz Sanford's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Damir Pongrac helped the player get up and apologised. In the 4th match minute, Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damir Pongrac to maneuver through the defense. 6 minutes into the match, Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jonatan Stephen. Patrik Terzic hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Ilija Skugor made an important save on a dangerous shot by Angelino Crescencio in the 9th minute. In the 15th minute of the match Patrik Terzic sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Honorato Jerano skillfully saved the ball. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by Atlético Paz Sanford's Jonatan Stephen. But to his dismay, Jonatan Stephen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Dionisio Macario took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Ilija Skugor to make any attempt to save it. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erkan Erozan in the 23rd minute of the match. With a little luck, Croatia's Ilija Skugor got control of the ball when Jonatan Stephen tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Jerome Harrison 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. Jonatan Stephen took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Conrado Cordeara in the 34th minute of play. Jerome Harrison succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 5-0 in the 35th playminute. After a rather tough play, Atlético Paz Sanford's Conrado Cordeara got a free kick in the 38th minute. 45 minutes into the match, Jerome Harrison had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jerome Harrison was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 7-0 at half-time.

After 51 minutes, Jerome Harrison made it 8-0 with a short kick to the right side. Croatia's Ilija Skugor tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erkan Erozan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 55 minutes into the game, Atlético Paz Sanford's Jonatan Stephen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ilija Skugor made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 9-0. In the 58th minute Cayetano Estefan 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. In the 63rd minute Cayetano Estefan 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. Jerome Harrison took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 10-0. Conrado Cordeara scored 11-0 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ilija Skugor, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jonatan Stephen took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 12-0. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erkan Erozan in the 76th minute of play. In the 78th minute, Erkan Erozan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Atlético Paz Sanford fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 13-0. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jerome Harrison in the 81st minute of the match. In the 82nd minute, Jonatan Stephen made a precise shot to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 14-0. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jerome Harrison, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dionisio Macario in the 88th minute of play. 89 minutes into the match, Jonatan Stephen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jonatan Stephen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 15-0. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonatan Stephen in the 92nd minute of play. In the 93rd minute, Erkan Erozan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Atlético Paz Sanford fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 16-0. When the referee ended the match the Atlético Paz Sanford players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.