Challenge

Marakana
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Gergin Smilevski started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Balazs Lajos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Zapryan Sachanski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Major Barna came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the Hungary 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 Major Barna couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Antal Valentin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hungary's supporters rose to their feet, but Antal Valentin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zapryan Sachanski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 20 minutes into the match, Antal Valentin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zapryan Sachanski. Цървена звезда's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antal Valentin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Цървена звезда's Zapryan Sachanski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Major Barna in the 22nd minute of play. Dobri Pipkov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Fodor Daniel made a huge save. In the 26th minute Hungary were awarded a corner. Antal Valentin went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Vörös Henrik almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Цървена звезда's Zapryan Sachanski did a great save. Zapryan Sachanski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vörös Henrik went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 29th minute Gergin Smilevski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fodor Daniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hungary's Fodor Daniel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gergin Smilevski in the 43rd minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Antal Valentin made a kick off. Fodor Daniel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gergin Smilevski in the 50th minute of the match. After 56 minutes, Neno Partalin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Цървена звезда and the Hungary players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 57 played minutes Цървена звезда got a freekick which was hit by Neno Partalin. When Цървена звезда's Dobri Pipkov in the 70th minute got a chance for a shot 70th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Hungary's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gergin Smilevski in the 81st minute of play forced Hungary's goalkeeper Fodor Daniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hungary's Fodor Daniel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gergin Smilevski in the 83rd minute of play. In the 85thth minute of the game Dobri Pipkov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hungary's Fodor Daniel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Hungary's goal looked a bit too open when Dobri Pipkov came free, but Fodor Daniel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Цървена звезда's Vitomir Bandev was substituted for Sevdalin Lenov. After 93 played minutes Цървена звезда got a freekick which was hit by Sevdalin Lenov. Dobri Pipkov 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. Hungary's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.