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. After a rather tough play, Pataconazul's Yoel Goycoa got a free kick in the 2nd minute. If Drasko Rajkovic had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Pataconazul getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Jacinto Mozo hit a great ball. 11 minutes into the game, Zeruko Puig threw the ball into play from the sideline. Serbia's Borjan Golubovic quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Vela Zazo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michael Rano in the 17th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Yoel Goycoa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pataconazul's supporters rose to their feet, but Yoel Goycoa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sreten Popovic struck a weak shot in the 27th minute. Luzuriaga Olazaran didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Serbia. Yoel Goycoa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Michael Rano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. After 33 minutes, Borjan Golubovic mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Serbia and the Pataconazul players grew even worse after the yellow card. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michael Rano in the 34th minute of the match. After 37 played minutes Pataconazul got a freekick which was hit by Yoel Goycoa. In the 40th match minute, Pataconazul was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yoel Goycoa to maneuver through the defense. The throw-in from Zeruko Puig in the 43rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Serbia's Borjan Golubovic. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Michael Rano to make the kick off. Serbia's Zivko Cvetkovic quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Zuri Mutiloa, made in the 54th minute of the game. 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. In the 57th minute Michael Rano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was a little too slow when Michael Rano got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 61st minute. The score was now 1-1. In the 63rd match minute, Pataconazul was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Umbruso Joseph to maneuver through the defense. After 69 minutes, Yoel Goycoa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pataconazul and the Serbia players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 69th match minute, Pataconazul was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yoel Goycoa to maneuver through the defense. After 72 minutes, Zivko Cvetkovic mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Serbia and the Pataconazul players grew even worse after the yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Michael Rano got free with Zvezdan Nedeljkovic in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dušan Kuciak struck a weak shot in the 75th 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. In the 77th 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. Borjan Golubovic took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 79th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Luzuriaga Olazaran. Pataconazul's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 82 minutes, Zvezdan Nedeljkovic successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michael Rano in the 88th minute of play. When Pataconazul's Michael Rano in the 90th minute got a chance for a shot 90th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Serbia's goalie prevented a goal. After 95 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Serbia! Pataconazul's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.