Challenge

Estádio do Fúria
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Toni Mauzer started the match with the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Croatia's zone, Sílvio Cruz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal and Sílvio Cruz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Júlio Porto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toni Mauzer in the 9th minute of play. After 10 minutes, Patrik Terzic mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Croatia and the Fúria Futebol Clube players grew even worse after the yellow card. Patrik Terzic hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, Fúria Futebol Clube's Nelsinho Nóbrega tried to score from far away in the 12th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After 13 played minutes Croatia got a freekick which was hit by Eduard Kostelac. In the 15th minute, Fúria Futebol Clube's Luís Gustavo Carvalho ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Júlio Porto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damir Pongrac in the 21st minute of play. Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luís Gustavo Carvalho went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Gustavo Carvalho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Gustavo Carvalho in the 29th minute of the match. Frank Campidelis's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ilija Skugor firmly grabbed it by the left post. Benjamin Domazet hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. A collision led to Croatia getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Patrik Terzic hit a great ball. With an all-out effort, Fúria Futebol Clube's Ilija Skugor threw himself towards the right post 38 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Luís Gustavo Carvalho, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Martin Bosak sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Luís Gustavo Carvalho to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Sílvio Cruz notched a goal, 3-0, 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. After 55 minutes, Wilton Nunes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fúria Futebol Clube and the Croatia players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Fúria Futebol Clube getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Wilton Nunes hit a great ball. Toni Mauzer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Júlio Porto having to interfere. Luís Gustavo Carvalho struck a weak shot in the 58th minute. Ilija Skugor didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Fúria Futebol Clube. After 62 minutes of play, Croatia's Damir Pongrac made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Júlio Porto was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Fúria Futebol Clube booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Damir Pongrac didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luís Gustavo Carvalho scored 4-1 in the 72nd 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. In the 75th minute Sílvio Cruz 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. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Gustavo Carvalho in the 78th minute of the match. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frank Campidelis, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sílvio Cruz in the 89th minute of the match. Fúria Futebol Clube were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Croatia for a fine match.