Challenge

Stelian - Ivan Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Korneliusz Barna blasted a shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ilija Skugor having to make a save. Croatia's Ilija Skugor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Croatia from getting a goal against them. After 16 minutes, Benjamin Domazet mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Croatia and the Batalionul U23 Dorobanti players grew even worse after the yellow card. The crowd rose to their feet as Xerxes Doro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ilija Skugor. That made the score 1-0 in the 19 minute of play. In the 23rd minute Toni Mauzer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Peter saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Korneliusz Barna 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. 28 minutes into the game, Xerxes Doro recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ilija Skugor. Xerxes Doro showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Korneliusz Barna in the 32nd minute of play forced Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Xerxes Doro did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 4-0 to the left of a surprised Ilija Skugor 33 minutes into the match. If Korneliusz Barna had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Korneliusz Barna in the 47th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ilija Skugor prevented the ball from getting in the gole.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Korneliusz Barna stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 51 minutes, Xerxes Doro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's supporters crossed their fingers, but Xerxes Doro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Korneliusz Barna 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. Korneliusz Barna might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ilija Skugor. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Korneliusz Barna ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 64th minute, Korneliusz Barna made a precise shot to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 9-0. 68 minutes into the match, Korneliusz Barna notched a goal, 10-0, 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. In the 71st minute Xerxes Doro 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. Korneliusz Barna blasted a shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ilija Skugor having to make a save. In the 72nd minute Korneliusz Barna 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Korneliusz Barna in the 74th minute of play forced Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Korneliusz Barna blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ilija Skugor having to make a save. Korneliusz Barna blasted a shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ilija Skugor having to make a save. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Korneliusz Barna in the 78th minute of the match. Korneliusz Barna might have been able to make a better finish in the 80th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ilija Skugor. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Korneliusz Barna ran back to his position shaking his head. After 82 minutes of play, Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Korneliusz Barna made it 11-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ilija Skugor was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Korneliusz Barna in the 85th minute got a chance for a shot 85th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Croatia's goalie prevented a goal. Korneliusz Barna might have been able to make a better finish in the 89th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ilija Skugor. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Korneliusz Barna ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience was convinced that Korneliusz Barna's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilija Skugor was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game.