Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Diljan Dzaferi started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, KARAORMAN's goal looked a bit too open when Diljan Dzaferi came free, but Iona Lightfoot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 5th minute Macedonia were awarded a corner. Vidoe Gegovski went to the cornerflag to take it. Iljo Trajanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 16 minutes into the match, KARAORMAN's goal looked a bit too open when Diljan Dzaferi came free, but Iona Lightfoot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 29 minutes into the match, KARAORMAN's Karim Benzema sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Spase Kastrati narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Iona Lightfoot made an important save on a dangerous shot by Deljan Nastevski in the 33rd minute. When the match had gone on for 36 minutes, Baškim Sumulikovski took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Iona Lightfoot to make any attempt to save it. In the 39th minute Deljan Nastevski 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. Thanks to some nice moves Ramadan Hristov could shoot a difficult shot in the 45th minute, which Iona Lightfoot however easily saved by the left post. After some careless play in the KARAORMAN defense, Deljan Nastevski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Iona Lightfoot. The KARAORMAN fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Iona Lightfoot should have stopped the shot.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Karim Benzema to make the kick off. Iona Lightfoot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ramadan Hristov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Macedonia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Vidoe Gegovski in the 60th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of KARAORMAN's goalie and right to Lefter Trpev. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. KARAORMAN's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 63 minutes into the match, KARAORMAN's goal looked a bit too open when Diljan Dzaferi came free, but Iona Lightfoot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Iljo Trajanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vidoe Gegovski in the 66th minute of play forced KARAORMAN's goalkeeper Iona Lightfoot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Macedonia made a substitution. Emilijano Kitanovski replaced Baškim Sumulikovski. Macedonia's Vuk Urgovski was substituted for Ramadan Hristov. Macedonia made a substitution. Jakov Bundev replaced Deljan Nastevski. In the 74th minute of the match Macedonia got a corner. KARAORMAN's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Vidoe Gegovski ran over to the corner to take the kick. Macedonia's Diljan Dzaferi was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Iona Lightfoot in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Karim Benzema got free with Spase Kastrati in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 77th minute, Jakov Bundev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Iona Lightfoot was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. Iona Lightfoot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vuk Urgovski in the 80th minute of play. Macedonia were awarded a corner in the 82th minute after KARAORMAN's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Vidoe Gegovski took the corner. Macedonia's Vidoe Gegovski was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Iona Lightfoot in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Spase Kastrati was a little too slow when Karim Benzema got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 84th minute. The score was now 5-1. Iona Lightfoot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jakov Bundev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jakov Bundev in the 88th minute of play forced KARAORMAN's goalkeeper Iona Lightfoot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Vuk Urgovski came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Macedonia 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 Vuk Urgovski couldn't finish the play. In the 93rd minute, Jakov Bundev made a precise shot to the right of Iona Lightfoot. KARAORMAN's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-1.