Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Karim Benzema started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 4 minutes into the match, Croatia's Nikola Vlašić sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Iona Lightfoot narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Croatia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by John Terry in the 6th minute. Iona Lightfoot made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Nikola Vlašić sent off a good shot on target. KARAORMAN's Iona Lightfoot proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save KARAORMAN from getting a goal against them. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by KARAORMAN's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. John Terry was slow to take the kick. During this time Croatia's players had a chance to rest. KARAORMAN's defense didn't have a chance, in the 21st minute, when Nikola Vlašić scored to the left of an out of position Iona Lightfoot, making the score, 1-0. Nikola Vlašićs short, quick shot in the 24thth minute got Iona Lightfoot to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After a rather tough play, KARAORMAN's Živko Gjurčinovski got a free kick in the 29th minute. In the 30th minute of the match, Nikola Vlašić got a very nice opportunity to score, but Iona Lightfoot was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Emil Cvitanović took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karim Benzema, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emil Cvitanović took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karim Benzema, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emil Cvitanović didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Karim Benzema went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Nikola Vlašić's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Iona Lightfoot read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 42nd minute of play. Nikola Vlašić's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Iona Lightfoot read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 46th minute of play. After a rather tough play, KARAORMAN's Fricson Arintero got a free kick in the 47th minute. Croatia's Joško Poklepović was substituted for Nikola Vlašić. In the 48th match minute, KARAORMAN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fricson Arintero to maneuver through the defense. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Joško Poklepović made a kick off. Iona Lightfoot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joško Poklepović, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Iona Lightfoot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joško Poklepović in the 56th minute of play. In the 58thth minute of the game Joško Poklepović who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but KARAORMAN's Iona Lightfoot was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Iona Lightfoot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joško Poklepović, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Joško Poklepović might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Iona Lightfoot. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Joško Poklepović ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 61st minute Joško Poklepović shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iona Lightfoot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, Joško Poklepović had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Iona Lightfoot. KARAORMAN's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joško Poklepović was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Croatia's Nikola Haramina was substituted for Miran Tudor. Iona Lightfoot came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by Croatia's Joško Poklepović. But to his dismay, Joško Poklepović quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Iona Lightfoot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joško Poklepović in the 73rd minute of play. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by KARAORMAN's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. John Terry was slow to take the kick. During this time Croatia's players had a chance to rest. After 77 played minutes Croatia got a freekick which was hit by Jura Zaklan. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Joško Poklepović in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Iona Lightfoot prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 84th minute Joško Poklepović shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iona Lightfoot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 87th minute, Joško Poklepović 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. Iona Lightfoot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joško Poklepović in the 87th minute of the match. Joško Poklepović might have been able to make a better finish in the 93rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Iona Lightfoot. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Joško Poklepović ran back to his position shaking his head. 93 minutes into the match, KARAORMAN's goal looked a bit too open when Joško Poklepović came free, but Iona Lightfoot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 96 minutes of play, Croatia's Joško Poklepović made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Iona Lightfoot was left in no man's land by his defense there!