Challenge

Gigante
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Juarês Marinho took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the game, Croatia's Toni Mauzer nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fábio Toscano made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Futuros FC's Fábio Toscano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Bosak in the 11th minute of play. When Toni Mauzer came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Croatia 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 Toni Mauzer couldn't finish the play. Croatia's Toni Mauzer got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Futuros FC's Fábio Toscano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damir Pongrac in the 19th minute of play. Teo Gudelj made in the 22nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Eduard Kostelac however managed to control. In the 23rd minute, Dinko Stankovic made a precise shot to the right of Fábio Toscano. Futuros FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Silvije Santek made in the 28th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Futuros FC's Cícero Araújo. Futuros FC's Arnaldo Salgado managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Silvije Santek in the 30 minute of the game. 30 minutes into the match, Futuros FC's Arnaldo Salgado sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ilija Skugor narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Martin Bosak came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Croatia 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 Martin Bosak couldn't finish the play. When Croatia's Dinko Stankovic in the 37th minute got a chance for a shot 37th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Futuros FC's goalie prevented a goal. Teo Gudelj made in the 42nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Eduard Kostelac however managed to control. Fábio Toscano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damir Pongrac, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Toni Mauzer to make the kick off. Toni Mauzer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fábio Toscano having to interfere. 53 minutes into the match, Neven Culina had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fábio Toscano. Futuros FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Neven Culina was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. With a little luck, Futuros FC's Fábio Toscano got control of the ball when Toni Mauzer tried to sneak it across the goal line. Toni Mauzer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fábio Toscano having to interfere. Fábio Toscano came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Croatia's Neven Culina. But to his dismay, Neven Culina quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Toni Mauzer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Fábio Toscano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fábio Toscano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damir Pongrac in the 66th minute of play. In the 72nd minute Toni Mauzer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fábio Toscano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Dinko Stankovic had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fábio Toscano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Bosak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fábio Toscano made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Damir Pongrac sent off a good shot on target. Eduard Kostelac received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Fábio Toscano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 86 minutes into the match, Futuros FC's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Bosak came free, but Fábio Toscano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Toni Mauzer took the ball and in the 91 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fábio Toscano. Fábio Toscano dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. Patrik Terzic made in the 96th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Toni Mauzer immediately put the ball in play. 97 minutes into the match, Futuros FC's goalkeeper Fábio Toscano had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Toni Mauzer. The Futuros FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Croatia were clearly better and deserved to take the win.