Challenge

Serbia Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sreten Popovic got the match started through his kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sreten Popovic in the 3rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Budi Guci prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Patrido Dieguez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Valério Macedo during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 17th match minute, Cavalos Cansados was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valério Macedo to maneuver through the defense. Vladeta Jovic fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Budi Guci having to interfere. Budi Guci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sreten Popovic in the 25th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Vladeta Jovic managed to get in a good position for a shot. Serbia's supporters rose to their feet, but Vladeta Jovic was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Budi Guci breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sreten Popovic sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Borjan Golubovic struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Budi Guci didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Serbia. Patrido Dieguez succeeded in the game's 41st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Patrido Dieguez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 61 minutes into the match, Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Patrido Dieguez. Sreten Popovic sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 68th minute, Sreten Popovic 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. In the 70th minute of the game Bruno Ribeiro made a throw-in which Patrido Dieguez played forward. Sreten Popovic scored 1-3 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Budi Guci, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Budi Guci showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sreten Popovic in the 77th minute of the match. Bruno Ribeiro charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bruno Ribeiro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Serbia booed when Cavalos Cansados was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bruno Ribeiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Drasko Rajkovic came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Serbia 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 Drasko Rajkovic couldn't finish the play. After having played for 83 minutes, Sreten Popovic managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Serbia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sreten Popovic was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Borjan Golubovic had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With splendid footwork Patrido Dieguez arrived in front of goal to shoot 1-4 by the left pole in the game's 88th minute. The Serbia supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Cavalos Cansados's performance. The match ended with a win for Cavalos Cansados.