Challenge

Croatia Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Toni Mauzer started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qu Wei in the 5th minute of the match. 7 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when 毛明昆 came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gernando Nunes hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 毛明昆 in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ilija Skugor saved Croatia from getting behind. The supporters of Proteu booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Damir Pongrac didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 14th minute of the match Gernando Nunes sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ilija Skugor skillfully saved the ball. 16 minutes into the match, Qu Wei notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Croatia's Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 19 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Denílson Tepedino came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 20th minute, Qu Wei left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Proteu fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. After 23 minutes, Luizinho Perfumo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Proteu and the Croatia players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 23 played minutes Proteu got a freekick which was hit by Luizinho Perfumo. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 毛明昆, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 29th minute, Dudu de Castro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ilija Skugor was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. 32 minutes into the game, Proteu's 毛明昆 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ilija Skugor made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 毛明昆 in the 36th minute of the match. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Proteu's Denílson Tepedino. But to his dismay, Denílson Tepedino quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. In the 40th minute 毛明昆 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilija Skugor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dudu de Castro went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. Proteu's Qu Wei got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Disappointed in the 0-7 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when 毛明昆 made the kick off in the second half. Patrik Terzic kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. After 52 played minutes, Proteu's Gernando Nunes shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ilija Skugor came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Proteu reached it. 53 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Denílson Tepedino came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ilija Skugor was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but 毛明昆 showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-8 in the 58 minute of play. After 62 played minutes Proteu got a freekick which was hit by Fábio Prata. With his leg Ilija Skugor managed to avoid a goal in the 64thth minute, when Proteu's Denílson Tepedino fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 毛明昆 scored 0-9 in the 65th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ilija Skugor, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 68 minutes into the match, Proteu's goal looked a bit too open when Damir Pongrac came free, but Edvin van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 76th minute of the match, Baran Alp Tolgahan got a very nice opportunity to score, but Ilija Skugor was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 78th minute Proteu were awarded a corner. Gernando Nunes went to the cornerflag to take it. Proteu's Gernando Nunes was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ilija Skugor in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 毛明昆 succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-11 in the 80th playminute. Qu Wei took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-12. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 毛明昆 in the 88th minute of the match. After 89 minutes of play, Proteu's Denílson Tepedino made it 0-13 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ilija Skugor was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 92 played minutes Croatia got a freekick which was hit by Neven Culina. Qu Wei's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ilija Skugor firmly grabbed it by the left post. Proteu's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.