Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Flacara Militari's Franco Ranieri started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th match minute, Flacara Militari was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Franco Ranieri to maneuver through the defense. In the 5th minute, Vinko Papo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Croatia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. The audience was convinced that Vinko Papo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Šair Lihovac was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. In the 13th minute Franco Ranieri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabrijel Jovanovski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 15th minute Flacara Militari were awarded a corner. Alvaro Felli went to the cornerflag to take it. Alvaro Felli made a great header on Flacara Militari's corner, it was just that U21 Croatia's Gabrijel Jovanovski managed to reach the ball for a save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Vinko Papo in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Šair Lihovac prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Eduard Turčin did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-0 to the left of a surprised Šair Lihovac 24 minutes into the match. In the 29th match minute, Flacara Militari was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Flavio Masetti to maneuver through the defense. U21 Croatia's Ilan Mak got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 43 minutes into the match, Flacara Militari's goalkeeper Šair Lihovac had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Trpimir Karačić. Šair Lihovac showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vinko Papo in the 44th minute of the match. Šair Lihovac showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vinko Papo in the 47th minute of the match.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Eduard Turčin in the 52nd minute of play forced Flacara Militari's goalkeeper Šair Lihovac to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Šair Lihovac showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vinko Papo, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Vinko Papo scored 4-0 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Šair Lihovac, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. U21 Croatia's Feliks Briški managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Mario Merola in the 58 minute of the game. Ciro Silvi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Šair Lihovac showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vinko Papo, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Vinko Papo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Šair Lihovac read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Flacara Militari's Alvaro Felli got a free kick in the 75th minute. Šair Lihovac made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ilan Mak in the 76th minute of play. Šair Lihovac came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Croatia's Vinko Papo. But to his dismay, Vinko Papo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. Eduard Turčin kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. In the 88th minute the ball was on its way in behind Flacara Militari's goalkeeper Šair Lihovac, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The supporters of U21 Croatia booed when Flacara Militari was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ciro Silvi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Šair Lihovac showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vinko Papo, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Mario Merola kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vinko Papo in the 95th minute of play forced Flacara Militari's goalkeeper Šair Lihovac to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 95 minutes into the game, Filippo Passerini was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Flacara Militari's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Croatia the free kick.