Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Karim Benzema took the kick off in the first half of the match. 10 minutes into the match, Macedonia's goal looked a bit too open when Hipolito Misael came free, but Spase Kastrati reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Karim Benzema put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Spase Kastrati. In the 15th minute, Ramadan Hristov made a precise shot to the right of Iona Lightfoot. KARAORMAN's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. In the 17th minute, Su Kun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Vidoe Gegovski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Macedonia's supporters rose to their feet, but Vidoe Gegovski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Iona Lightfoot breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. KARAORMAN's Iona Lightfoot proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save KARAORMAN from getting a goal against them. 24 minutes into the match, KARAORMAN's goal looked a bit too open when Deljan Nastevski came free, but Iona Lightfoot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 25th minute, Macedonia's Lefter Trpev dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-1. 27 minutes into the game, Macedonia's Deljan Nastevski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Iona Lightfoot made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1. Diljan Dzaferi might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Iona Lightfoot. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Diljan Dzaferi ran back to his position shaking his head. A hard shot 31 in the game by Deljan Nastevski from a close distance when the talented Iona Lightfoot managed to make a qualified save. KARAORMAN's players were relieved. Iona Lightfoot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Deljan Nastevski, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. In the 35th minute of the match KARAORMAN got a corner. Macedonia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Hipolito Misael ran over to the corner to take the kick. Iona Lightfoot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diljan Dzaferi in the 38th minute of play. Spase Kastrati showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karim Benzema in the 40th minute of the match. Spase Kastrati took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karim Benzema, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 47 minutes Macedonia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hipolito Misael who took care of the corner kick. KARAORMAN's Hipolito Misael was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Spase Kastrati in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Diljan Dzaferi was the one to do the kick off. When Macedonia's Deljan Nastevski in the 52nd minute got a chance for a shot 52nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye KARAORMAN's goalie prevented a goal. In the 53rd minute of the match, Manuel Silban tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Spase Kastrati saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After having played for 55 minutes, Manuel Silban managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. KARAORMAN's supporters crossed their fingers, but Manuel Silban was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Iona Lightfoot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Deljan Nastevski, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Macedonia's Spase Kastrati played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karim Benzema in the 58th minute of play. Dalibor Stefanovski struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Spase Kastrati didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for KARAORMAN. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hipolito Misael got free with Spase Kastrati in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 72 minutes into the game, Deljan Nastevski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-1. Iona Lightfoot was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. KARAORMAN's Tim Hateboer was substituted for Ulf Prengel. Macedonia's Emilijano Kitanovski was substituted for Baškim Sumulikovski. Macedonia's Jakov Bundev was substituted for Deljan Nastevski. When Vidoe Gegovski fell near the penalty area in the 77th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Macedonia's protests and gave Vidoe Gegovski a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of KARAORMAN booed when Macedonia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vidoe Gegovski didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 78th minute Karim Benzema shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Spase Kastrati saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 81 minutes into the game, Diljan Dzaferi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-1. Iona Lightfoot was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Iona Lightfoot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diljan Dzaferi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. KARAORMAN's Karim Benzema got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jakov Bundev in the 90th minute of play forced KARAORMAN's goalkeeper Iona Lightfoot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. KARAORMAN's Iona Lightfoot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vuk Urgovski in the 93rd minute of play. Spase Kastrati made an important save on a dangerous shot by Manuel Silban in the 94th minute. When Manuel Silban came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the KARAORMAN 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 Manuel Silban couldn't finish the play. Macedonia's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.