Challenge

Serbia Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Sreten Popovic started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Serbia's Borjan Golubovic managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Zeruko Puig in the 3 minute of the game. In the 4th minute of the match, Borjan Golubovic tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Luzuriaga Olazaran saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Zuri Mutiloa's late challenge caught a Serbia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zuri Mutiloa helped the player get up and apologised. Zuri Mutiloa kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. If Vladeta Jovic had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michael Rano, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. A collision led to Serbia getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Borjan Golubovic hit a great ball. Dušan Kuciak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zvezdan Nedeljkovic having to interfere. Sreten Popovic in the 24thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Luzuriaga Olazaran, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 25th match minute, Serbia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rasko Nestorovski to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Pataconazul's Zuri Mutiloa got a free kick in the 27th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Serbia's zone, Yoel Goycoa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out of the goal and Yoel Goycoa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 35th minute, Sreten Popovic ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luzuriaga Olazaran was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sreten Popovic in the 41st minute of play forced Pataconazul's goalkeeper Luzuriaga Olazaran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yoel Goycoa in the 48th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

When Vela Zazo came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Pataconazul 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 Vela Zazo couldn't finish the play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jovan Borisov during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Jovan Borisov hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. 55 minutes into the match, Pataconazul's Vela Zazo broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Dušan Kuciak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zvezdan Nedeljkovic having to interfere. With a little luck, Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic got control of the ball when Dušan Kuciak tried to sneak it across the goal line. Yoel Goycoa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yoel Goycoa in the 61st minute. After having played for 63 minutes, Yoel Goycoa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pataconazul's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yoel Goycoa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Serbia's zone, Dušan Kuciak stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out of the goal and Dušan Kuciak tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 68 played minutes Serbia got a freekick which was hit by Borjan Golubovic. A collision led to Pataconazul getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Yoel Goycoa hit a great ball. Yoel Goycoa struck a weak shot in the 78th minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Pataconazul. Yoel Goycoa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dušan Kuciak scored 1-1 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 95th minute, Yoel Goycoa 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. When the final whistle sounded Pataconazul left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Serbia.