Challenge

Arena of Żory
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Toni Mauzer started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Artur Zajac. Ilija Skugor was out of position in the 7 minute of play, and Jaroslaw Dudek capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jaroslaw Dudek really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. When Toni Mauzer came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Croatia 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 Toni Mauzer couldn't finish the play. After 16th play minutes Toni Mauzer shot 1-1, a short shot which went by Artur Matela and just under the crossbar into goal. Florian Chazen charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Florian Chazen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 23rd minute, Florian Chazen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by SocceroS Zory's Jaroslaw Flis. But to his dismay, Jaroslaw Flis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. After having played for 31 minutes, Martin Bosak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Croatia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Martin Bosak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 39th minute Toni Mauzer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artur Matela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Toni Mauzer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Artur Matela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 46th minute, SocceroS Zory's Artur Zajac dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Artur Zajac to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of SocceroS Zory booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patrik Terzic didn't get a good kick on the ball. SocceroS Zory's Artur Matela proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save SocceroS Zory from getting a goal against them. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jaroslaw Dudek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Croatia's Martin Bosak got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Iwo Klucznik hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dinko Stankovic got free with Artur Matela in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of SocceroS Zory booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patrik Terzic didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jan Nikodemski, 73 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jaroslaw Flis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in SocceroS Zory's zone, Toni Mauzer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Artur Matela came out of the goal and Toni Mauzer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Artur Matela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toni Mauzer in the 82nd minute of the match. A collision led to Croatia getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Neven Culina hit a great ball. Jaroslaw Flis scored 4-1 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ilija Skugor, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 90th match minute, Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Martin Bosak to maneuver through the defense.