Challenge

Serbia Arena
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sreten Popovic took the kick off in the first half of the match. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Atef Ramzy in the 5th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Serbia's Cvijetin Nanusevski got a free kick in the 7th minute. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabricio Lozano in the 9th minute of play. In the 10th minute Pierre Verdonckt 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 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hugo Lorden, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 13 minutes into the game, Line Of Fire's Hugo Lorden nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The audience was convinced that Atef Ramzy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. 17 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Hugo Lorden came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by Line Of Fire's Pierre Verdonckt. But to his dismay, Pierre Verdonckt quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nemesio Nerio, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. When Line Of Fire's Pierre Verdonckt in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Serbia's goalie prevented a goal. When Line Of Fire's Pierre Verdonckt, in the 26th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Line Of Fire. In the 27th minute, Atef Ramzy ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabricio Lozano, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fabricio Lozano in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saved Serbia from getting behind. After 30 minutes, Fabricio Lozano made it 0-5 with a short kick to the right side. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Serbia getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Momir Gisic hit a great ball. In the 37th minute, Atef Ramzy made a precise shot to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Serbia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Atef Ramzy in the 41st minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, Nemesio Nerio notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 46 minutes into the game, Artemio Lobo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-8. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fabricio Lozano stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 52nd minute, which inside left pole to 0-9. In the 55th minute Zagloul Ismail 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. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Hugo Lorden took a quick shot and it went in 0-10 without a chance for Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to make any attempt to save it. In the 61st minute, Line Of Fire's Hugo Lorden dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-11. Line Of Fire made a substitution. Hanafy Badr replaced Atef Ramzy. Hanafy Badr took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-12. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was out of position in the 69 minute of play, and Hugo Lorden capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Hugo Lorden really showed his touch with that goal: 0-13. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hanafy Badr got free with Zvezdan Nedeljkovic in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 72 minutes into the match, Hugo Lorden dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic, 0-14. After some careless play in the Serbia defense, Fabricio Lozano kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. The Serbia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zvezdan Nedeljkovic should have stopped the shot. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hanafy Badr, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugo Lorden in the 82nd minute of the match. 84 minutes into the game, Line Of Fire's Pierre Verdonckt nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-16. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hugo Lorden in the 87th minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nemesio Nerio went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-17 was the resulting score. Serbia's defense didn't have a chance, in the 92nd minute, when Pierre Verdonckt scored to the left of an out of position Zvezdan Nedeljkovic, making the score, 0-18. The crowd rose to their feet as Pierre Verdonckt kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. That made the score 0-19 in the 97 minute of play.