Challenge

Estadio Pueblito
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sreten Popovic got the match started through his kick off. Cvijetin Nanusevski's late challenge caught a deportivo madrid's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cvijetin Nanusevski helped the player get up and apologised. After 3 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Serbia! After having played for 7 minutes, Borjan Golubovic managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Serbia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Borjan Golubovic was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Serbia getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Vladeta Jovic hit a great ball. 19 minutes into the game, Sreten Popovic cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Mauro Ciceron was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Benjamin Bladi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a huge save. 26 minutes into the match, Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Benjamin Bladi. 28 minutes into the match, Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Casimiro Maju. A throw-in in the 31st minute of the game was made by Jimeno Gaskon with Rafael Teyo as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 32nd minute Benjamin Bladi 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. In the 34th minute, Serbia's Cvijetin Nanusevski seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Cvijetin Nanusevski the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Serbia protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Cvijetin Nanusevski had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Cvijetin Nanusevski kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jimeno Gaskon, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. In the 37th minute Borjan Golubovic shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mauro Ciceron saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Benjamin Bladi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Benjamin Bladi to make the kick off. Borjan Golubovic sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 57 minutes, Borjan Golubovic mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Serbia and the deportivo madrid players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of deportivo madrid booed when Serbia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Borjan Golubovic didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nunez Ilixo hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Serbia's Sreten Popovic got a free kick in the 61st minute. 64 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Nunez Ilixo came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 73 minutes into the game, Jimeno Gaskon threw the ball into play from the sideline. Serbia's Zivko Cvetkovic quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nunez Janpier in the 74th minute of play. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benjamin Bladi, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nunez Ilixo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nunez Ilixo in the 84th minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute, Roman Oto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Momir Gisic hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.