Challenge

Serbia Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bardain McTom in the 6th minute of the match. Sreten Popovic hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Brannon McAaron made in the 11th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Brefni Dimson however managed to control. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bardain McTom in the 17th minute of play. Bardain McTom received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 25 minutes into the match, Galway Cowboys's Boethis Tracy sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zvezdan Nedeljkovic narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bardain McTom went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 34 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Boethis Tracy came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Boethis Tracy in the 39th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saved Serbia from getting behind. In the 40th match minute, Galway Cowboys was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Brannon McAaron to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladeta Jovic in the 42nd minute of play forced Galway Cowboys's goalkeeper Pembroke Gallagher to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 44 minutes into the game, Bardon McIan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Boethis Tracy to make the kick off. In the 55th minute Bardain McTom shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Serbia getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Borjan Golubovic hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice moves Bardon McIan could shoot a difficult shot in the 59th minute, which Zvezdan Nedeljkovic however easily saved by the left post. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bardon McIan went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. A collision led to Serbia getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Sreten Popovic hit a great ball. In the 68th minute of the match Brefni Dimson sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic skillfully saved the ball. In the 76th minute, Serbia's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Beanon Tierney fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Beanon Tierney sent off a good shot on target. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Bannan McPhil sent off a good shot on target. Bardain McTom received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out and tried to block the shot, but Bardain McTom slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 81st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sreten Popovic in the 87th minute of play forced Galway Cowboys's goalkeeper Pembroke Gallagher to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Serbia's Momir Gisic managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Donegal McTom in the 88 minute of the game. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was out of position in the 91 minute of play, and Bannan McPhil capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Bannan McPhil really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bardon McIan in the 96th minute.