Challenge

Arena Rondy
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sreten Popovic kicked off to start the match. Arnaldo Coutinho kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. It was beautiful to see Serbia's Sreten Popovic in action when he in the 8th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Tiago Fontes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Borjan Golubovic in the 10th minute of the match. Rondinone F.C - FDFDF's Tiago Fontes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Borjan Golubovic in the 11th minute of play. In the 14th minute, Róbson Prata hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tiago Fontes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sreten Popovic in the 17th minute of play. After 18 played minutes Rondinone F.C - FDFDF got a freekick which was hit by Amauri Rocha. Rondinone F.C - FDFDF's Tiago Fontes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sreten Popovic in the 20th minute of play. In the 21st minute, Borjan Golubovic made a precise shot to the right of Tiago Fontes. Rondinone F.C - FDFDF's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. When Amauri Rocha was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 33 minutes had been played. Arnaldo Coutinho was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 35 minutes into the match. In the 35th minute, one of Rondinone F.C - FDFDF:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Rondinone F.C - FDFDF. Sreten Popovic shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. Rômulo de Almeida was extremely unlucky when he, in the 41st minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Isaltino Tande sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A sloppy throw-in by Rasko Nestorovski in the 46th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Rondinone F.C - FDFDF's Rafinha Sergipano. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rômulo de Almeida to strike the kick off in the second half. If Sreten Popovic had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 54th minute Borjan Golubovic shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tiago Fontes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 63rd minute, Sreten Popovic left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Serbia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. The crowd rose to their feet as Serbia's Borjan Golubovic slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tiago Fontes. That made the score 0-3 after 69 minutes of play. In the 73rd minute, Borjan Golubovic ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tiago Fontes was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Tiago Fontes made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Borjan Golubovic sent off a good shot on target. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafinha Sergipano in the 85th minute of play. In the 86th match minute, Rondinone F.C - FDFDF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Róbson Prata to maneuver through the defense. 89 minutes into the game, Sreten Popovic recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Tiago Fontes. Sreten Popovic showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-5. Rafinha Sergipano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sreten Popovic recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Serbia's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.