Challenge

Serbia Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Stanislav Georgiev took the kick off in the first half of the match. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Faruk Akram, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristinel Dinulescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 6 minutes into the match, Stanislav Georgiev 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 Stanislav Georgiev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Markus Alfheim in the 9th minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Serbia defense, Cristinel Dinulescu 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. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's Stanislav Georgiev. But to his dismay, Stanislav Georgiev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Zivko Cvetkovic kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. In the 21st minute of the match Cristinel Dinulescu sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic skillfully saved the ball. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stanislav Georgiev in the 23rd minute of the match. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stanislav Georgiev's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. In the 29th minute, Stanislav Georgiev made a precise shot to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Serbia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. Markus Alfheim scored 0-6 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 35th minute, Markus Alfheim made a precise shot to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Serbia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Faruk Akram, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's Stanislav Georgiev. But to his dismay, Stanislav Georgiev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-9. 45 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Stanislav Georgiev came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out of the goal in the 47th minute to try and stop a shot by XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's Cristinel Dinulescu. But to his dismay, Cristinel Dinulescu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-10. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-10 lead.

Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Buğrahan Yılmaz sent off a good shot on target. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stanislav Georgiev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Faruk Akram kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. That made the score 0-11 in the 55 minute of play. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Markus Alfheim in the 58th minute of play. After 59 minutes of play, XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's Faruk Akram made it 0-12 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 63rd minute, XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's Stanislav Georgiev 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. 0-13. In the 66th minute, Stanislav Georgiev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-14. Stanislav Georgiev received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out and tried to block the shot, but Stanislav Georgiev slotted it home off the left post making it 0-15 in the 71st minute. Stanislav Georgiev received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out and tried to block the shot, but Stanislav Georgiev slotted it home off the left post making it 0-16 in the 76th minute. Jovan Borisov's late challenge caught a XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jovan Borisov helped the player get up and apologised. After 79 played minutes Serbia got a freekick which was hit by Jovan Borisov. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 80th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Buğrahan Yılmaz. The crowd rose to their feet as Stanislav Georgiev kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. That made the score 0-17 in the 82 minute of play. 85 minutes into the game, Cristinel Dinulescu recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Cristinel Dinulescu showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-18. A collision led to Serbia getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Cvijetin Nanusevski hit a great ball. Jovan Borisov kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Stanislav Georgiev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Faruk Akram got free with Zvezdan Nedeljkovic in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 96th minute Cristinel Dinulescu 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. When the final whistle sounded XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Serbia.