Challenge

Silk Cotton Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sreten Popovic made the kick off which started today's match. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anton Phipps in the 2nd minute of play. Rasko Nestorovski kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anton Phipps, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by Serbia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Edmundo William Hyland was slow to take the kick. During this time F.C. Liverpool Tobago's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Edmundo William Hyland almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic did a great save. In the 8th minute, Rasko Nestorovski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sreten Popovic sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 12 minutes into the game, Vladeta Jovic was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Serbia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave F.C. Liverpool Tobago the free kick. In the 12th minute, Vladeta Jovic hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Phipps in the 13th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, F.C. Liverpool Tobago's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic threw himself towards the right post 14 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Anton Phipps, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 16 minutes Serbia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Edmundo William Hyland who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Anton Phipps managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Jovan Borisov kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. In the 22nd minute, Anton Phipps reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. The goal made the score 1-0. When the match had gone on for 25 minutes, Brian Charles Thompson put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. If Borjan Golubovic had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The throw-in from Manny Dumas in the 30th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Serbia's Borjan Golubovic. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anton Phipps in the 34th minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes into the game, F.C. Liverpool Tobago's Anton Phipps 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, 3-0. Brian Charles Thompson's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 39thth minute, Zvezdan Nedeljkovic skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With an all-out effort, F.C. Liverpool Tobago's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic threw himself towards the right post 41 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Anton Phipps, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 42nd minute Anton Phipps 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. 44 minutes into the match, Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Brian Charles Thompson. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Anton Phipps to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Bobby Ramadhin managed to get in a good position for a shot. F.C. Liverpool Tobago's supporters rose to their feet, but Bobby Ramadhin 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. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bobby Ramadhin in the 53rd minute of the match. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bobby Ramadhin in the 59th minute of play. Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anton Phipps in the 61st minute of play. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Phipps in the 64th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the match, Brian Charles Thompson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Serbia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Brian Charles Thompson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Brian Charles Thompson in the 72nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zvezdan Nedeljkovic prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some careless play in the Serbia defense, Bobby Ramadhin 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. When F.C. Liverpool Tobago's Brian Charles Thompson in 76 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. In the 79th minute, Anton Phipps 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 7-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Anton Phipps in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zvezdan Nedeljkovic prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Borjan Golubovic during the 85th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Serbia getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Borjan Golubovic hit a great ball. 86 minutes into the game, Anton Phipps cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-0. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a defensive mix-up in Serbia's zone, Franklin Mitchell-Gift stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic came out of the goal and Franklin Mitchell-Gift tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.