Challenge

Croatia Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Claudinho Sarmento made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Barral in the 2nd minute of play forced Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 4th minute Claudinho Sarmento 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. Nildo Sabóia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 7th minute Clemente Zanette 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. In the 8th minute, Dedé de Mendonça 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 0-1. In the 10th minute, Victor Barral left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FairPlay FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Benjamin Domazet charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Benjamin Domazet the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 13th minute, Benjamin Domazet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Victor Barral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Ilija Skugor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dedé de Mendonça kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. After 33 played minutes FairPlay FC got a freekick which was hit by Clemente Zanette. In the 35th match minute, Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Neven Culina to maneuver through the defense. In the 37th minute, Dinko Stankovic hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 38 minutes into the match, Dedé de Mendonça 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. After 44 minutes of play, FairPlay FC's Claudinho Sarmento made it 0-6 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! Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-6 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Toni Mauzer made the kick off in the second half. Croatia's Ilija Skugor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Croatia from getting a goal against them. Ilija Skugor was a little too slow when Nildo Sabóia got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 54th minute. The score was now 0-7. Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Claudinho Sarmento went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score. FairPlay FC's Carlos Monteiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toni Mauzer in the 60th minute of play. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claudinho Sarmento, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Claudinho Sarmento could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Ilija Skugor made a huge save. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by FairPlay FC's Victor Barral. But to his dismay, Victor Barral quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-9. Claudinho Sarmento in the 71stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ilija Skugor, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Nildo Sabóia was extremely unlucky when he, in the 74th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nildo Sabóia went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-10 was the resulting score. Ilija Skugor made an important save on a dangerous shot by Claudinho Sarmento in the 80th minute. Ilija Skugor made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dedé de Mendonça in the 81st minute. In the 82nd minute Nildo Sabóia 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toni Mauzer in the 84th minute of play forced FairPlay FC's goalkeeper Carlos Monteiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nildo Sabóia charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nildo Sabóia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 84th match minute, FairPlay FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nildo Sabóia to maneuver through the defense. Emerson Mendonça might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ilija Skugor. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Emerson Mendonça ran back to his position shaking his head. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudinho Sarmento in the 89th minute of the match. Dedé de Mendonça 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 92nd minute, FairPlay FC's Nildo Sabóia dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-11. With a little luck, Croatia's Ilija Skugor got control of the ball when Dedé de Mendonça tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match was over FairPlay FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Croatia throughout the match.