Challenge

Serbia Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ton de Ruijter took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 2 played minutes Serbia got a freekick which was hit by Miljan Gavrilovic. The throw-in from Rasko Nestorovski in the 4th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by NFC Eagles 22's Maurice Spiering. 9 minutes into the game, Rasko Nestorovski threw the ball into play from the sideline. NFC Eagles 22's Maurice Spiering quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After a rather tough play, Serbia's Momir Gisic got a free kick in the 11th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Borjan Golubovic in the 18th minute of play forced NFC Eagles 22's goalkeeper Dé Baron to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 19 minutes into the match, NFC Eagles 22's goalkeeper Dé Baron had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sreten Popovic. After a rather tough play, Serbia's Borjan Golubovic got a free kick in the 28th minute. Sreten Popovic could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Dé Baron made a huge save. Dé Baron made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Borjan Golubovic in the 32nd minute of play. Dé Baron made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Borjan Golubovic sent off a good shot on target. In the 34th match minute, NFC Eagles 22 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nico-Jan Ihselmann to maneuver through the defense. Vladeta Jovic received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Dé Baron tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Karsten Saelman was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 37 minutes into the match. After 37 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for NFC Eagles 22! Rasko Nestorovski made in the 42nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by NFC Eagles 22's Christiaan Been. In the 43rd minute, Claude Žák hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dé Baron showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sreten Popovic in the 45th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Serbia's Dé Baron threw himself towards the right post 48 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Borjan Golubovic, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sreten Popovic to make the kick off. Sreten Popovic scored 1-0 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dé Baron, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Borjan Golubovic came up free with the goalie in the 58th 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 Borjan Golubovic couldn't finish the play. 60 minutes into the match, NFC Eagles 22's goal looked a bit too open when Sreten Popovic came free, but Dé Baron reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dé Baron made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Borjan Golubovic in the 62nd minute of play. Dé Baron took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Borjan Golubovic, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dé Baron showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Borjan Golubovic in the 65th minute of the match. Dé Baron came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Serbia's Borjan Golubovic. But to his dismay, Borjan Golubovic quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sreten Popovic in the 69th minute of play forced NFC Eagles 22's goalkeeper Dé Baron to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dé Baron made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Borjan Golubovic in the 70th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in NFC Eagles 22's zone, Rasko Nestorovski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dé Baron came out of the goal and Rasko Nestorovski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 74 minutes into the match, NFC Eagles 22's goal looked a bit too open when Borjan Golubovic came free, but Dé Baron reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. NFC Eagles 22's Maurits Apotheker quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Rasko Nestorovski, made in the 76th minute of the game. Dé Baron stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sreten Popovic's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. 84 minutes into the match, NFC Eagles 22's goal looked a bit too open when Drasko Rajkovic came free, but Dé Baron reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dé Baron made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Borjan Golubovic in the 85th minute of play. Dé Baron came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Serbia's Sreten Popovic. But to his dismay, Sreten Popovic quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. 90 minutes into the match, NFC Eagles 22's goal looked a bit too open when Borjan Golubovic came free, but Dé Baron reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 91 minutes into the match, NFC Eagles 22's goal looked a bit too open when Borjan Golubovic came free, but Dé Baron reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Borjan Golubovic in the 94th minute of play forced NFC Eagles 22's goalkeeper Dé Baron to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 95 minutes into the match, NFC Eagles 22's goal looked a bit too open when Sreten Popovic came free, but Dé Baron reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Serbia fully deserved thier win.