Challenge

Serbia Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pascual Bitxintxo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Sreten Popovic fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ruben Galindo having to interfere. 8 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Pascual Bitxintxo came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 9th minute, Remigio Rios made a precise shot to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Serbia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After some careless play in the Serbia defense, Pascual Bitxintxo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. The Serbia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zvezdan Nedeljkovic should have stopped the shot. Borjan Golubovic hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Remigio Rios struck a weak shot in the 19th 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 AcinetobacterFC. Borjan Golubovic kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Pascual Bitxintxo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Remigio Rios sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Remigio Rios went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. In the 31st minute, Prospero Abalos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. 33 minutes into the game, AcinetobacterFC's Remigio Rios 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, 0-5. The throw-in from Anselmo Frascuelo in the 39th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Serbia's Cvijetin Nanusevski. In the 42ndth minute of the game Remigio Rios who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of AcinetobacterFC booed when Serbia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jovan Borisov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pascual Bitxintxo, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sreten Popovic was the one to do the kick off. If Remigio Rios had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pascual Bitxintxo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out and tried to block the shot, but Pascual Bitxintxo slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 58th minute. In the 60th minute, AcinetobacterFC's Pascual Bitxintxo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-7. After 69 minutes of play, AcinetobacterFC's Pascual Bitxintxo made it 0-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was left in no man's land by his defense there! Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made an important save on a dangerous shot by Remigio Rios in the 72nd minute. 82 minutes into the match, Pascual Bitxintxo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic, 0-11. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Prospero Abalos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 88 minutes into the match, Remigio Rios notched a goal, 0-12, 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. Remigio Rios came free with the goalkeeper in the 91st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Zvezdan Nedeljkovic could save by the left post. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Prospero Abalos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With his leg Zvezdan Nedeljkovic managed to avoid a goal in the 93rdth minute, when AcinetobacterFC's Pascual Bitxintxo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When the match had gone on for 94 minutes, Remigio Rios put it in 0-13 from a short distance just to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Remigio Rios succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-14 in the 98th playminute. AcinetobacterFC played a much better game than Serbia and deserved their victory. The Serbia players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.