Challenge

Croatia Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Eric Skarkman made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd match minute, MARADONA PINAKAMALAKI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nils-Åke Pihlblad to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of MARADONA PINAKAMALAKI booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patrik Terzic didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eric Skarkman in the 10th minute of the match. 13 minutes into the match, Dinko Stankovic dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Urban Lund, 1-0. After 20 minutes Croatia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ralf Ålberg who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on MARADONA PINAKAMALAKI's corner Ralf Ålberg fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ilija Skugor quite easily take care of the ball. Jens Vestberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilija Skugor having to interfere. Toni Mauzer recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 26th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Damir Pongrac might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Urban Lund. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Damir Pongrac ran back to his position shaking his head. With his leg Urban Lund managed to avoid a goal in the 35thth minute, when Croatia's Toni Mauzer fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpected shot in the 36th minute by Dinko Stankovic got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hannes Grep in the 38th minute of play. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Greger Ahlroht in the 40th minute of play. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Eric Skarkman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. The Croatia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ilija Skugor should have stopped the shot. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eric Skarkman in the 45th minute of play. 46 minutes into the match, Greger Ahlroht notched a goal, 2-2, 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Toni Mauzer stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Croatia's Toni Mauzer got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Damir Pongrac had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Urban Lund didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Martin Bosak went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Urban Lund took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dinko Stankovic, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Toni Mauzer came up free with the goalie in the 68th 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. Dinko Stankovic sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Toni Mauzer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nils-Åke Pihlblad in the 75th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as MARADONA PINAKAMALAKI's Eric Skarkman slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ilija Skugor. That made the score 3-3 after 76 minutes of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Greger Ahlroht kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ilija Skugor. That made the score 3-4 in the 81 minute of play. Urban Lund made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toni Mauzer in the 87th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Croatia's Toni Mauzer got a free kick in the 88th minute. Urban Lund made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dinko Stankovic in the 91st minute of play. When Toni Mauzer came up free with the goalie in the 92nd 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. Dinko Stankovic sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 96th match minute, MARADONA PINAKAMALAKI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ralf Ålberg to maneuver through the defense. MARADONA PINAKAMALAKI's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.