Challenge

Croatia Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jonathan Løvland started the match with the kick off. 2 minutes into the match, Jonathan Løvland notched a goal, 0-1, 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. In the 6th minute Jonathan Løvland 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. When Bakarvågen's Jonathan Løvland in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Croatia's goalie prevented a goal. 14 minutes into the match, Brage Endresen notched a goal, 0-3, 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. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonathan Løvland in the 17th minute of play. 18 minutes into the match, Christoffer Hernes notched a goal, 0-4, 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jonathan Løvland in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ilija Skugor prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to Croatia getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Silvije Santek hit a great ball. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henning Jahr, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Brage Endresen in the 33rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ilija Skugor prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 34th minute of the match Bakarvågen got a corner. Croatia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Henning Jahr ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Daniel Sundli got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 0-5. 35 minutes into the match. In the 38th match minute, Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damir Pongrac to maneuver through the defense. In the 41st minute, Christoffer Hernes 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 0-6. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonathan Løvland in the 45th minute of play. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Løvland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Disappointed in the 0-6 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Toni Mauzer stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Henning Jahr dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ilija Skugor, 0-7. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonathan Løvland, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 57th minute, Bakarvågen's Brage Endresen dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-8. In the 60th play minute Jonathan Løvland came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ilija Skugor. 0-9. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonathan Løvland in the 63rd minute of play. Martin Bosak hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Ilija Skugor was out of position in the 66 minute of play, and Jonathan Løvland capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jonathan Løvland really showed his touch with that goal: 0-10. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brage Endresen in the 69th minute of the match. Christoffer Hernes took the ball and in the 71 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 0-11. In the 75th minute Christoffer Hernes 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. After 76 minutes, Damir Pongrac mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Croatia and the Bakarvågen players grew even worse after the yellow card. Damir Pongrac hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Silvije Santek hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. It was a brilliant solo performance by Bakarvågen's Christoffer Thoen when he shot the ball into the net to 0-12 in the 79th minute. In the 83rd minute Eskil Torbjørnsen 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. After 85 minutes of play, Bakarvågen's Brage Endresen 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 some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Jonathan Løvland managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bakarvågen's supporters rose to their feet, but Jonathan Løvland was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ilija Skugor breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jonathan Løvland sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 91st minute, Brage Endresen 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 0-14. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonathan Løvland in the 94th minute of the match. Croatia's Ilija Skugor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save Croatia from getting a goal against them. Bakarvågen played a much better game than Croatia and deserved their victory. The Croatia players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.