Challenge

Serbia Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lamar Eldridge took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Sreten Popovic had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Lamar Eldridge came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Scum Utd 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 Lamar Eldridge couldn't finish the play. 9 minutes into the game, Marshall Branch cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 12 minutes of play, Scum Utd's Lamar Eldridge made it 0-2 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! In the 18th minute, Jovan Borisov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Scum Utd's Sterling Otero got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Everett Burke in the 21st minute of play. In the 22ndth minute of the game Lamar Eldridge 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. 26 minutes into the match, Lamar Eldridge 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 Lamar Eldridge was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Serbia's attentive Rasko Nestorovski managed to snatch the ball when Jude Williams made a throw-in in the 30th minute of the game. Miljan Gavrilovic made in the 38th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Scum Utd's Tracy Hill. After a rather tough play, Serbia's Zivko Cvetkovic got a free kick in the 42nd minute. When Scum Utd's Lamar Eldridge in the 47th minute got a chance for a shot 47th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Serbia's goalie prevented a goal.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Sreten Popovic to strike the kick off in the second half. Scum Utd's Lamar Eldridge got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 65 minutes into the match, Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marshall Branch. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lamar Eldridge in the 66th minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 67 minutes into the match, Serbia's Borjan Golubovic sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tom Kyle narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 75th minute Scum Utd were awarded a corner. Sterling Otero went to the cornerflag to take it. The supporters of Scum Utd booed when Serbia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Borjan Golubovic didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lamar Eldridge succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-6 in the 79th playminute. Scum Utd's Lamar Eldridge got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Owen Rush in the 85th minute of play. Borjan Golubovic kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. A hard shot 94 in the game by Lamar Eldridge from a close distance when the talented Zvezdan Nedeljkovic managed to make a qualified save. Serbia's players were relieved. Scum Utd played a much better game than Serbia and deserved their victory. The Serbia players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.