Challenge

Croatia Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, 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. 3 minutes into the game, Chłyt Materkindody's Guadalupe Seracoyz 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, 0-1. Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Guadalupe Seracoyz went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. The supporters of Chłyt Materkindody booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Damir Pongrac didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 12th minute of the match Bogdan Miarka sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ilija Skugor skillfully saved the ball. If Toni Mauzer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wasyl Bambas in the 23rd minute of play. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guadalupe Seracoyz, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. 29 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Guadalupe Seracoyz came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wasyl Bambas in the 31st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Croatia's Toni Mauzer got a free kick in the 33rd minute. In the 37th minute, Damir Pongrac hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bogdan Miarka took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 38th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ilija Skugor. Croatia's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to Croatia getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Teo Gudelj hit a great ball. When Wasyl Bambas came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Chłyt Materkindody fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Wasyl Bambas couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Wasyl Bambas 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. The supporters of Chłyt Materkindody booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Damir Pongrac didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half Chłyt Materkindody were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Wasyl Bambas was the one to do the kick off. In the 54th minute Toni Mauzer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tolek Drab saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Wasyl Bambas 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. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by Chłyt Materkindody's Zygmunt Kornaszewski. But to his dismay, Zygmunt Kornaszewski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Ilija Skugor made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Zygmunt Kornaszewski sent off a good shot on target. 67 minutes into the match, Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zygmunt Kornaszewski. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wasyl Bambas in the 71st minute of play forced Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute of the match Chłyt Materkindody got a corner. Croatia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Bogdan Miarka ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Bogdan Miarka almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Croatia's Ilija Skugor did a great save. 74 minutes into the match, Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zygmunt Kornaszewski. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Wasyl Bambas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Chłyt Materkindody's supporters rose to their feet, but Wasyl Bambas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ilija Skugor breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Toni Mauzer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 88th match minute, Chłyt Materkindody was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bogdan Miarka to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toni Mauzer in the 91st minute of play forced Chłyt Materkindody's goalkeeper Tolek Drab to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Croatia's defense didn't have a chance, in the 92nd minute, when Guadalupe Seracoyz scored to the left of an out of position Ilija Skugor, making the score, 0-6. When the match was over Chłyt Materkindody could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Croatia throughout the match.