Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Croatia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Boro Paunović was slow to take the kick. During this time Littles's players had a chance to rest. Pedro Luís de Sena was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Pedro Luís de Sena received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Gabrijel Jovanovski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Pedro Luís de Sena had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vjeran Bulat kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Adriano Cruz made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Eduard Turčin sent off a good shot on target. When Vinko Papo fell near the penalty area in the 22nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Croatia's protests and gave Vinko Papo a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to U21 Croatia getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Vinko Papo hit a great ball. Littles made a substitution. Evandro Albuquerque replaced Alexandrino lacerda. The supporters of Littles booed when U21 Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vinko Papo didn't get a good kick on the ball. 谢克军 took the ball and in the 25 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gabrijel Jovanovski. Gabrijel Jovanovski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. The supporters of U21 Croatia booed when Littles was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Natã Furtado didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 32 minutes of play, U21 Croatia's Vinko Papo made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Adriano Cruz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mladen Gambiroža made in the 37th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Valter Vidulić. Jaroslaw Marchefka made in the 40th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Pedro Luís de Sena. Vjeran Bulat hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Littles's Pedro Luís de Sena got a free kick in the 45th minute. After a rather tough play, U21 Croatia's Eduard Turčin got a free kick in the 46th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

53 minutes into the match, Littles's goal looked a bit too open when Vinko Papo came free, but Adriano Cruz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of U21 Croatia booed when Littles was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaroslaw Marchefka didn't get a good kick on the ball. Adriano Cruz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vinko Papo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 58 minutes into the match, Littles's goal looked a bit too open when Trpimir Karačić came free, but Adriano Cruz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adriano Cruz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eduard Turčin in the 64th minute of play. Boro Paunović kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Littles's Amadeu de Senna was substituted for 庄寒建. After a rather tough play, Littles's Natã Furtado got a free kick in the 69th minute. After 73 played minutes Littles got a freekick which was hit by Boro Paunović. In the 74th match minute, U21 Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Feliks Briški to maneuver through the defense. After 77 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Littles! Littles's Adriano Cruz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eduard Turčin in the 84th minute of play. 88 minutes into the match, Vinko Papo notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of Littles's Adriano Cruz. Adriano Cruz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Diego Albuquerque's late challenge caught a U21 Croatia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Diego Albuquerque helped the player get up and apologised. In the 94th match minute, Littles was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Albuquerque to maneuver through the defense. In the 95th minute, Feliks Briški hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gabrijel Jovanovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 谢克军 in the 96th minute of play. When the referee ended the match the U21 Croatia players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.