Challenge

Czech Republic Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The Huns's Ekber Merdan started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th minute, Dalimil Charvat hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Czech Republic defense, Ekber Merdan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vavrinec Holub. The Czech Republic fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vavrinec Holub should have stopped the shot. In the 9th match minute, The Huns was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sigfrid Weikert to maneuver through the defense. After 12 minutes of play, The Huns's Ekber Merdan made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vavrinec Holub was left in no man's land by his defense there! 17 minutes into the match, The Huns's Ekber Merdan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vavrinec Holub narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The Huns's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Andre Huyterhoeven in the 18th minute. The Huns's Radu Chesaru was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Vavrinec Holub in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Vavrinec Holub took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ekber Merdan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 23 minutes into the game, The Huns's Ekber Merdan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vavrinec Holub made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. When the match clock showed 27 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Ekber Merdan sped through Czech Republic's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Vavrinec Holub. Alan Rezek hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. In the 32nd minute, Ekber Merdan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vavrinec Holub was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. Vavrinec Holub came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by The Huns's Ekber Merdan. But to his dismay, Ekber Merdan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. Ekber Merdan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vavrinec Holub read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. After a rather tough play, The Huns's Ekber Merdan got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Svatopluk Capek hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. The Czech Republic players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. The Huns were winning 0-10.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Erik Jilek stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vavrinec Holub didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 59th minute, which inside left pole to 0-11. In the 62nd play minute Ekber Merdan came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Vavrinec Holub. 0-12. In the 68th minute, Ekber Merdan reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vavrinec Holub. The goal made the score 0-14. Ekber Merdan might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vavrinec Holub. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ekber Merdan ran back to his position shaking his head. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ekber Merdan in the 71st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ekber Merdan in the 74th minute of play forced Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 75 minutes into the match, Ekber Merdan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vavrinec Holub. Czech Republic's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ekber Merdan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-15. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ekber Merdan in the 79th minute of the match. Ekber Merdan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Vavrinec Holub made a huge save. The Huns's Scott Martindale quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Svatopluk Capek, made in the 88th minute of the game. 89 minutes into the game, Ekber Merdan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-16. Vavrinec Holub was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Vavrinec Holub made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ekber Merdan in the 92nd minute of play. Ekber Merdan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Vavrinec Holub made a huge save. The Huns's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.