Challenge

Czech Republic Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Arsenio Loramendi got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd minute, Dante Rafe ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vavrinec Holub was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The supporters of Metapalo FC booed when Czech Republic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bohumir Kohout didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vavrinec Holub took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacinto Baumar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Alan Rezek hit a great ball. After having played for 9 minutes, Dante Rafe managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Metapalo FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dante Rafe was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 12 minutes into the match, Metapalo FC's goalkeeper Gavino Belarmo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Erik Jilek. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arsenio Loramendi in the 14th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dante Rafe in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vavrinec Holub saved Czech Republic from getting behind. Eriberto Belarmo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vavrinec Holub having to make a save. 32 minutes into the game, Dante Rafe cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Vavrinec Holub was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arsenio Loramendi in the 35th minute of the match. Vavrinec Holub took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dante Rafe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 39 minutes into the match, Arsenio Loramendi notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub. Vavrinec Holub was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Vavrinec Holub made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dante Rafe in the 45th minute of play. When Arsenio Loramendi came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Metapalo FC 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 Arsenio Loramendi couldn't finish the play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Erik Jilek made a kick off. The supporters of Czech Republic booed when Metapalo FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Silvio Jobo didn't get a good kick on the ball. 55 minutes into the match, Dante Rafe dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vavrinec Holub, 0-4. Dalimil Charvat made in the 58th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Metapalo FC's Stelian Orescu. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 61 minutes Czech Republic's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jacinto Baumar who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Silvio Jobo heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Daniel Vitek kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. In the 65th minute, Dante Rafe ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vavrinec Holub was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Dante Rafe succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-7 in the 71st playminute. In the 74th minute, Eriberto Belarmo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 83 minutes into the match, Dante Rafe dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vavrinec Holub, 0-8. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Erik Jilek hit a great ball. Dante Rafe received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Vavrinec Holub came out and tried to block the shot, but Dante Rafe slotted it home off the left post making it 0-9 in the 89th minute. The Czech Republic fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Metapalo FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.