Challenge

Serbia Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Justo Gorka blasted a shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zvezdan Nedeljkovic having to make a save. The crowd rose to their feet as Serbia's Sreten Popovic slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mario Gamus. That made the score 1-0 after 13 minutes of play. 18 minutes into the match, Furkan Sağbilge notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Furkan Sağbilge came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Smith AFC 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 Furkan Sağbilge couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Furkan Sağbilge in the 23rd minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 25 minutes into the match, Justo Gorka had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Serbia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Justo Gorka was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. In the 29th minute Furkan Sağbilge shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Serbia's Mario Gamus threw himself towards the right post 31 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Sreten Popovic, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Hilario Guilabertus's late challenge caught a Serbia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hilario Guilabertus helped the player get up and apologised. Hilario Guilabertus kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Justo Gorka received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Furkan Sağbilge had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half Smith AFC were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Furkan Sağbilge to make the kick off. Furkan Sağbilges short, quick shot in the 56thth minute got Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 58 minutes into the match, Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Furkan Sağbilge. Modesto Huly got a throw-in 64 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Justo Gorka. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Furkan Sağbilge in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saved Serbia from getting behind. 67 minutes into the match, Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Florencio Bieito. Hilario Guilabertus kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Justo Gorka managed to get in a good position for a shot. Smith AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Justo Gorka was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Serbia's Miljan Gavrilovic got a free kick in the 74th minute. In the 76th minute, Justo Gorka got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Furkan Sağbilge struck a weak shot in the 77th minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Smith AFC. When Justo Gorka came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Smith AFC 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 Justo Gorka couldn't finish the play. Serbia's Borjan Golubovic quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Cristobal Urtats, made in the 85th minute of the game. 88 minutes into the game, Smith AFC's Furkan Sağbilge nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 91st minute, took the ball on the long shot from Gerardo Urtun. A collision led to Smith AFC getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Gerardo Urtun hit a great ball. After 93 played minutes Sreten Popovic shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for Smith AFC's Mario Gamus to catch but Sreten Popovic was lucky. It became 2-3 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. When the match was over Smith AFC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Serbia throughout the match.