Challenge

Serbia Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Enéas Lago started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Faruk Nafiz Hayal's late challenge caught a Serbia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Faruk Nafiz Hayal helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Rio Pardo MZC's Faruk Nafiz Hayal got a free kick in the 5th minute. When Sreten Popovic came up free with the goalie in the 7th 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 Sreten Popovic couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Rio Pardo MZC booed when Serbia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Borjan Golubovic didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximiliano Lalatu in the 12th minute of the match. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enéas Lago in the 13th minute of the match. Enéas Lago scored 0-2 in the 15th 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. 19 minutes into the game, Rio Pardo MZC's Maximiliano Lalatu 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, 0-3. In the 22nd minute Enéas Lago 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. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hacı Ali Bedük in the 26th minute of the match. After 27 played minutes Serbia got a freekick which was hit by Zivko Cvetkovic. Faruk Nafiz Hayal took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 28th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Serbia's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 30th minute Enéas Lago 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 Hacı Ali Bedük fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rio Pardo MZC's protests and gave Hacı Ali Bedük a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Rio Pardo MZC getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Hacı Ali Bedük hit a great ball. After 32 minutes of play, Rio Pardo MZC's Enéas Lago made it 0-5 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! 35 minutes into the game, Rio Pardo MZC's Maximiliano Lalatu 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, 0-6. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Enéas Lago in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saved Serbia from getting behind. Borjan Golubovic kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. After 41 minutes of play, Rio Pardo MZC's Enéas Lago made it 0-7 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! Hacı Ali Bedük took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-8. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Berti, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. After some careless play in the Serbia defense, Victor Berti 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. After the first half Rio Pardo MZC were leading 0-9. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by Rio Pardo MZC's Maximiliano Lalatu. But to his dismay, Maximiliano Lalatu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-10. After a rather tough play, Serbia's Cvijetin Nanusevski got a free kick in the 60th minute. Enéas Lago did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-11 to the left of a surprised Zvezdan Nedeljkovic 61 minutes into the match. 65 minutes into the match, Maximiliano Lalatu 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. Rio Pardo MZC made a substitution. Róbson Valladares replaced Manfredo Siqueira. 70 minutes into the game, Hacı Ali Bedük lined in a short shot 0-13 behind a frustrated Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. In the 73rd minute, Enéas Lago left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rio Pardo MZC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-14. 77 minutes into the match, Enéas Lago dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic, 0-15. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristóvão Viana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 81 played minutes Serbia got a freekick which was hit by Jovan Borisov. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enéas Lago in the 84th minute of the match. Hacı Ali Bedük could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a huge save. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Enéas Lago sent off a good shot on target. With an all-out effort, Rio Pardo MZC's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic threw himself towards the right post 91 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Maximiliano Lalatu, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The crowd rose to their feet as Rio Pardo MZC's Maximiliano Lalatu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. That made the score 0-17 after 93 minutes of play. 97 minutes into the match, Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Victor Berti. Hacı Ali Bedük took the ball and in the 98 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-18.