Challenge

Croatia Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tanek Daszkowski made the kick off which started today's match. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tanek Daszkowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raymond Schouten in the 6th minute of the match. Tanek Daszkowski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ilija Skugor read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 7th minute of play. Teo Gudelj kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the match, Tanek Daszkowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tanek Daszkowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After recieving a nice pass, NFC Eagles 22's Ted Jansen tried to score from far away in the 22nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tanek Daszkowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by NFC Eagles 22's Tanek Daszkowski. But to his dismay, Tanek Daszkowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Through an outstanding action, after 29 minutes, Ciccio Tacconi successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 33rd minute, Tanek Daszkowski made a precise shot to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. In the 37th minute, Tanek Daszkowski 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. 40 minutes into the match, NFC Eagles 22's Tanek Daszkowski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ilija Skugor narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joeri Donderwinkel in the 42nd minute of play. 44 minutes into the match, Tanek Daszkowski notched a goal, 0-7, 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.

A collision led to NFC Eagles 22 getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Ted Jansen hit a great ball. Ilija Skugor didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 56th minute, which inside left pole to 0-8. Ilija Skugor made an important save on a dangerous shot by Raymond Schouten in the 61st minute. When the match clock showed 61 minutes, the score became 0-9 when Raymond Schouten sped through Croatia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. In the 65th play minute Tanek Daszkowski came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ilija Skugor. 0-10. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tanek Daszkowski in the 69th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Tanek Daszkowski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ilija Skugor. That made the score 0-11 in the 70 minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Jaap Zuidam managed to get in a good position for a shot. NFC Eagles 22's supporters rose to their feet, but Jaap Zuidam 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. In the 80th minute, Raymond Schouten 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. After 82 minutes of play, NFC Eagles 22's Tanek Daszkowski made it 0-12 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 85th minute, Tanek Daszkowski managed to get in a good position for a shot. NFC Eagles 22's supporters rose to their feet, but Tanek Daszkowski 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. When Tanek Daszkowski came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the NFC Eagles 22 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 Tanek Daszkowski couldn't finish the play. With an all-out effort, NFC Eagles 22's Ilija Skugor threw himself towards the right post 94 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tanek Daszkowski, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 96th minute, Tanek Daszkowski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ilija Skugor. The goal made the score 0-13. The Croatia fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. NFC Eagles 22 were clearly better and deserved to take the win.