Challenge

HSB Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Toni Mauzer got the match started through his kick off. Croatia's defense didn't have a chance, in the 3rd minute, when Fabian Czeszejko scored to the left of an out of position Ilija Skugor, making the score, 1-0. 5 minutes into the game, Damir Pongrac was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Croatia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Olimpia HSB the free kick. The supporters of Olimpia HSB booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Damir Pongrac didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 6th minute of the match, Fabian Czeszejko tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ilija Skugor saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The crowd rose to their feet as Olimpia HSB's Fernando Morientes slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ilija Skugor. That made the score 2-0 after 8 minutes of play. After 11 minutes of play, Olimpia HSB's Fernando Morientes made it 3-0 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! The audience thought a goal was coming when Panait Maxim got free with Ilija Skugor in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 18 minutes into the game, Olimpia HSB's Fabian Czeszejko 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, 4-0. Fabian Czeszejko blasted a shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ilija Skugor having to make a save. Fabian Czeszejko could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Ilija Skugor made a huge save. Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fabian Czeszejko went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. In the 28th minute Fabian Czeszejko 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 32 minutes of play, Olimpia HSB's Fabian Czeszejko made it 6-0 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! Ilija Skugor didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Olimpia HSB's Fabian Czeszejko shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 7-0 in the ordered_time% minute. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Fabian Czeszejko took a quick shot and it went in 8-0 without a chance for Ilija Skugor to make any attempt to save it. Fabian Czeszejko's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 42ndth minute, Ilija Skugor skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Fabian Czeszejko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Ilija Skugor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 8-0.

The wind increased when Fabian Czeszejko made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the game, Teo Gudelj threw the ball into play from the sideline. Olimpia HSB's Calito Izquierdoz quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Fabian Czeszejko blasted a shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ilija Skugor having to make a save. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabian Czeszejko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th minute, Fabian Czeszejko made a precise shot to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 11-0. Fabian Czeszejko took the ball and in the 64 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 12-0. Teo Gudelj hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Olimpia HSB made a substitution. Zbyszko Skorny replaced Artur Walczak. Olimpia HSB's Witold Prosowski was substituted for Tomáš Petrásek. When the match clock showed 74 minutes, the score became 13-0 when Jacek Pietrowiak sped through Croatia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. 77 minutes into the game, Olimpia HSB's Jacek Pietrowiak 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, 14-0. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by Olimpia HSB's Jacek Pietrowiak. But to his dismay, Jacek Pietrowiak quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 15-0. 84 minutes into the match, Jacek Pietrowiak notched a goal, 16-0, 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 87th minute, Fernando Morientes got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Teo Gudelj made in the 88th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Eduard Kostelac however managed to control. In the 89th minute, Jacek Pietrowiak left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Olimpia HSB fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 17-0. Jacek Pietrowiak kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. In the 93rd minute, Benjamin Domazet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.