Challenge

FC NATIONAL ARENA
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Erik Jilek made the kick off which started today's match. Phaiakes Paraskevopoulos was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 2nd minute. FC NATIONAL's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. 4 minutes into the match, Octavian Popescu notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub. Vavrinec Holub was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Czech Republic booed when FC NATIONAL was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Phaiakes Paraskevopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 9 played minutes FC NATIONAL got a freekick which was hit by Octavian Popescu. Denis Dostal took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alexandros Petridis. Alexandros Petridis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Octavian Popescu in the 17th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paraskevas Sorin in the 19th minute of play forced Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 21 minutes FC NATIONAL's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Erik Jilek who took care of the corner kick. Vavrinec Holub took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Octavian Popescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute, Octavian Popescu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC NATIONAL fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. After taking down the ball on FC NATIONAL's corner Octavian Popescu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Vavrinec Holub quite easily take care of the ball. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marios Kotsilimbas in the 36th minute of the match. Alan Rezek fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexandros Petridis having to interfere. FC NATIONAL's Jonathan Calleri got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paraskevas Sorin in the 45th minute of play forced Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 45 played minutes FC NATIONAL got a freekick which was hit by Paraskevas Sorin. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

Vavrinec Holub didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Octavian Popescu went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. 56 minutes into the match, Jonathan Calleri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vavrinec Holub. Czech Republic's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jonathan Calleri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Vavrinec Holub showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paraskevas Sorin, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. In the 63rd minute, Octavian Popescu made a precise shot to the right of Vavrinec Holub. Czech Republic's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-1. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Kvetoslav Janku hit a great ball. Vavrinec Holub stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Octavian Popescu's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. 73 minutes into the game, Denis Dostal recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Alexandros Petridis. Denis Dostal showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 5-2. When FC NATIONAL's Octavian Popescu in the 76th minute got a chance for a shot 76th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Czech Republic's goalie prevented a goal. Vavrinec Holub didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Octavian Popescu went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-2 was the resulting score. Czech Republic's Alan Rezek got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Vavrinec Holub took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Phaiakes Paraskevopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Jonathan Calleri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Vavrinec Holub stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Octavian Popescu's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. Octavian Popescu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vavrinec Holub having to make a save. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. FC NATIONAL fully deserved thier win.