Challenge

Czech Republic Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Czech Republic's Erik Jilek started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olcay Bozkurt in the 4th minute of play. In the 7th minute Vinícius Junior shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vavrinec Holub saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 10thth minute of the game Olcay Bozkurt who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 11th minute, Olcay Bozkurt ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vavrinec Holub was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The RO Army V55 fans' excitement grew in the 16th match minute when RO Army V55's Olcay Bozkurt looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When Alan Rezek fell near the penalty area in the 20th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Czech Republic's protests and gave Alan Rezek a yellow card for diving instead. Alan Rezek kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. After some careless play in the Czech Republic defense, Olcay Bozkurt kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vavrinec Holub. The Czech Republic fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vavrinec Holub should have stopped the shot. In the 24th minute, Olcay Bozkurt left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The RO Army V55 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Vavrinec Holub showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olcay Bozkurt, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Olcay Bozkurt struck a weak shot in the 30th minute. Vavrinec Holub didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for RO Army V55. An unexpectedly hard shot by Demis Grigoriadis in the 34th minute of play forced Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iosif Cupșa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Vavrinec Holub tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 37 minutes into the game, Vinícius Junior cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Vavrinec Holub was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Svatopluk Capek's late challenge caught a RO Army V55's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Svatopluk Capek helped the player get up and apologised. After 40 played minutes Czech Republic got a freekick which was hit by Svatopluk Capek. Olcay Bozkurt might have been able to make a better finish in the 42nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vavrinec Holub. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Olcay Bozkurt ran back to his position shaking his head. After 42nd play minutes Olcay Bozkurt shot 0-7, a short shot which went by Vavrinec Holub and just under the crossbar into goal. The supporters of RO Army V55 booed when Czech Republic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alan Rezek didn't get a good kick on the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Olcay Bozkurt was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Iosif Cupșa reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vavrinec Holub. The goal made the score 0-8. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Iosif Cupșa managed to get in a good position for a shot. RO Army V55's supporters rose to their feet, but Iosif Cupșa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vavrinec Holub breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Olcay Bozkurt put it in 0-9 from a short distance just to the right of Vavrinec Holub. 61 minutes into the match, RO Army V55's Olcay Bozkurt sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vavrinec Holub narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Vavrinec Holub came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by RO Army V55's Olcay Bozkurt. But to his dismay, Olcay Bozkurt quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-10. In the 65th minute, Olcay Bozkurt made a precise shot to the right of Vavrinec Holub. Czech Republic's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-11. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Olcay Bozkurt in the 68th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vavrinec Holub saved Czech Republic from getting behind. Olcay Bozkurt had several of the Czech Republic's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 70 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-12 score and a disappointed Vavrinec Holub as he didn't even see the shot coming. RO Army V55's Marcos Mazer was substituted for Demis Grigoriadis. RO Army V55's Edgardo Ugutz was substituted for Olcay Bozkurt. RO Army V55 made a substitution. Giorgos Kalantas replaced Zhao Xun Jun. In the 75th minute, Iosif Cupșa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The RO Army V55 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-13. Edgardo Ugutz who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 78thth minute tested the skills of Vavrinec Holub when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 80th minute Marcos Mazer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vavrinec Holub saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vavrinec Holub made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edgardo Ugutz in the 81st minute. 84 minutes into the game, RO Army V55's Edgardo Ugutz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vavrinec Holub made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-15. Vavrinec Holub didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edgardo Ugutz went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-16 was the resulting score. Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Czech Republic from getting a goal against them. In the 93rd minute, Iosif Cupșa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The RO Army V55 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-17. When the match was over RO Army V55 could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Czech Republic throughout the match.