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. Cyprian Gierlach started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cyprian Gierlach in the 2nd minute of play forced Ukraine's goalkeeper Vitaliy Vischak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ukraine's goalkeeper Vitaliy Vischak, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Eduard Gryshko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Igor Milkos short, quick shot in the 8thth minute got Charles-Antoine Carnevalli to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Vitaliy Vischak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Danko Fuchs in the 11th minute of the match. Vitaliy Vischak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cyprian Gierlach, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Pylyp Shumak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Charles-Antoine Carnevalli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cyprian Gierlach recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Charles-Antoine Carnevalli made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Igor Milko sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of FC Vershina ESPN booed when Ukraine was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nazariy Bogdaniv didn't get a good kick on the ball. With an all-out effort, Ukraine's Charles-Antoine Carnevalli threw himself towards the right post 27 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Pylyp Shumak, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After taking down the ball on Ukraine's corner Igor Milko fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Charles-Antoine Carnevalli quite easily take care of the ball. Ştefan Văduva tried in the game's 29th match minute to clear up in front of his own goal but it went so bad that he put the ball into the goal to the left of an unhappy Charles-Antoine Carnevalli. An annoying self made goal, 1-0. In the 40th minute, Igor Milko left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ukraine fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. After 44 played minutes FC Vershina ESPN got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Elixio. Pylyp Shumak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Charles-Antoine Carnevalli having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

A collision led to Ukraine getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Nazariy Bogdaniv hit a great ball. Charles-Antoine Carnevalli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vyacheslav Chaban in the 59th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aristides Domenec got free with Vitaliy Vischak in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cyprian Gierlach in the 65th minute of play forced Ukraine's goalkeeper Vitaliy Vischak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Charles-Antoine Carnevalli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Igor Milko, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. In the 73rd minute Eduard Gryshko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Charles-Antoine Carnevalli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cyprian Gierlach took the ball and in the 78 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vitaliy Vischak. Vitaliy Vischak dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Ukraine's Valeriy Dyachenko was substituted for Lyubomyr Kryvyi. Charles-Antoine Carnevalli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Milko in the 84th minute of play. Igor Milko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Charles-Antoine Carnevalli having to interfere. Cyprian Gierlach scored 2-2 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vitaliy Vischak, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Danko Fuchs succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-3 in the 96th playminute. Ukraine's Ivan Sobol was substituted for Igor Milko. FC Vershina ESPN made a substitution. Stepan Slyvka replaced Fernandinho Braga. FC Vershina ESPN's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.