Challenge

Serbia Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Sreten Popovic made the kick off and thus started the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ozzy Doro during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ozzy Doro kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. In the 5th minute, Sreten Popovic got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 9th minute of the match Sreten Popovic sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Irinel Chiriță skillfully saved the ball. When Rasko Nestorovski fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Serbia's protests and gave Rasko Nestorovski a yellow card for diving instead. Iggy Doro made in the 20th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Serbia's Miljan Gavrilovic. Borjan Golubovic received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Irinel Chiriță tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The throw-in from Rasko Nestorovski in the 24th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Ion Chificeac. If Drasko Rajkovic had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sreten Popovic in the 34th minute of play forced Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's goalkeeper Irinel Chiriță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes into the game, Borjan Golubovic was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Serbia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Batalionul U23 Dorobanti the free kick. The audience was convinced that Sreten Popovic's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Irinel Chiriță was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Avram Ştercă stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Irinel Chiriță came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by Serbia's Sreten Popovic. But to his dismay, Sreten Popovic quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Irinel Chiriță took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sreten Popovic, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Borjan Golubovic came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Serbia 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 Borjan Golubovic couldn't finish the play. Ion Chificeac hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. 62 minutes into the game, Miljan Gavrilovic was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Serbia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Batalionul U23 Dorobanti the free kick. In the 62nd match minute, Serbia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Miljan Gavrilovic to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Batalionul U23 Dorobanti booed when Serbia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miljan Gavrilovic didn't get a good kick on the ball. Liviu Sima sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 70 minutes into the game, Rasko Nestorovski threw the ball into play from the sideline. Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Liviu Sima quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 73rd minute of the game Zivko Cvetkovic made a throw-in which Drasko Rajkovic played forward. Borjan Golubovic recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's attentive Ion Chificeac managed to snatch the ball when Rasko Nestorovski made a throw-in in the 81st minute of the game. Irinel Chiriță showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Drasko Rajkovic, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Irinel Chiriță played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Borjan Golubovic in the 86th minute of play. Vladeta Jovic sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Serbia had won after a very even match.