Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Toni Mauzer started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Croatia's Damir Pongrac got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 4 minutes, Patrik Terzic mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Croatia and the ZONA NOROESTE - SANTOS players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 4th match minute, Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patrik Terzic to maneuver through the defense. If Dinko Stankovic had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kauã Pimenta's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 9thth minute, Ilija Skugor skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 10th minute, ZONA NOROESTE - SANTOS's Diguinho Tinoco dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Kauã Pimenta scored 2-0 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ilija Skugor, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 19th minute Toni Mauzer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gilberto Moreno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th minute Croatia were awarded a corner. Toni Mauzer went to the cornerflag to take it. 22 minutes into the game, Croatia's Martin Bosak nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gilberto Moreno made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Gilberto Moreno showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Bosak, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 29th minute, Patrik Terzic hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kauã Pimenta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Ilija Skugor made a huge save. In the 34th minute Toni Mauzer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gilberto Moreno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Neven Culina fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gilberto Moreno having to interfere. Damir Pongrac sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gilberto Moreno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toni Mauzer in the 43rd minute of play. When Diguinho Tinoco came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the ZONA NOROESTE - SANTOS 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 Diguinho Tinoco couldn't finish the play. Kauã Pimenta who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 47thth minute tested the skills of Ilija Skugor when he managed to save the team from getting behind.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kauã Pimenta to make the kick off. Kauã Pimenta scored 3-1 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ilija Skugor, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After having played for 62 minutes, Martin Bosak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Croatia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Martin Bosak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by ZONA NOROESTE - SANTOS's Kauã Pimenta. But to his dismay, Kauã Pimenta quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kauã Pimenta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Damir Pongrac charged in rather forcefully in the 69th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Damir Pongrac the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The audience was convinced that Kauã Pimenta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilija Skugor was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diguinho Tinoco in the 72nd minute of play. In the 73rd minute Kauã Pimenta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilija Skugor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 74 minutes into the match, Cauã dos Santos notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of Croatia's Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gilberto Moreno showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toni Mauzer, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 81st minute, Diguinho Tinoco left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ZONA NOROESTE - SANTOS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-1. The supporters of ZONA NOROESTE - SANTOS booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Martin Bosak didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Kauã Pimenta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilija Skugor was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The ZONA NOROESTE - SANTOS fans cheered their team off the field, for while Croatia had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.