Challenge

Croatia Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Toni Mauzer started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 6 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 Tanek Daszkowski in the 7th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Tanek Daszkowski came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 11 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. 0-1. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Tanek Daszkowski put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Ilija Skugor. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Tanek Daszkowski 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. 22 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Tanek Daszkowski came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 26 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. 0-4. Joeri Donderwinkel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Ilija Skugor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 38th match minute, Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teo Gudelj to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Tanek Daszkowski 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. 44 minutes into the match, Tanek Daszkowski notched a goal, 0-6, 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. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-6 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tanek Daszkowski in the 53rd minute of play. Teo Gudelj charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Teo Gudelj the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 54 played minutes Croatia got a freekick which was hit by Teo Gudelj. In the 55th minute Tanek Daszkowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilija Skugor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 56th 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, 0-7. Raymond Schouten took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-8. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal in the 64th 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 0-9. An unexpected shot in the 67th minute by Tanek Daszkowski got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Tanek Daszkowski 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. 73 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. 0-11. Tanek Daszkowski might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ilija Skugor. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tanek Daszkowski ran back to his position shaking his head. NFC Eagles 22 made a substitution. Jeroen Heerckes replaced Emil Houwing. In the 82nd match minute, Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teo Gudelj to maneuver through the defense. 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. After 84 minutes Croatia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ted Jansen who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on NFC Eagles 22's corner Ted Jansen fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ilija Skugor quite easily take care of the ball. Tanek Daszkowski scored 0-12 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. When NFC Eagles 22's Tanek Daszkowski in 91 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Ilija Skugor guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in.