Challenge

Stadion Maksimir ™
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Illescas got the match started through his kick off. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Elder de Toledo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 3rd minute of play. Elder de Toledo came out of the goal in the 4th minute to try and stop a shot by Venezuela's Patricio Costa. But to his dismay, Patricio Costa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Elder de Toledo came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elder de Toledo having to interfere. In the 14th minute, Guillermo Mariano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 18th minute, Bruno Šimunko left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GNK Dinamo Zagreb™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. In the 22nd minute, Patricio Costa 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. In the 23rd minute, GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s Lino Budimir dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Šimunko in the 30th minute of the match. Gürcan Orguntay kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lino Budimir went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

GNK Dinamo Zagreb™ made a substitution. Arijan Zlatarević replaced Ninoslav Stipanić. In the 54th minute, Ibrica Madunić left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GNK Dinamo Zagreb™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. After 56 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Alex Chicote. In the 57th minute, Bruno Šimunko 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. Gürcan Orguntay kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s Elder de Toledo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 65th minute of play. 67 minutes into the match, Mile Šljivar notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Šimunko in the 72nd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bruno Šimunko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Elder de Toledo made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bruno Šimunko went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. Bruno Šimunko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s Elder de Toledo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save GNK Dinamo Zagreb™ from getting a goal against them. In the 91st minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elder de Toledo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 97 minutes, Bruno Šimunko made it 7-2 with a short kick to the right side. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. GNK Dinamo Zagreb™ had played much better football throughout.