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Spectators: 10317 (Terracing: 7738, Seating: 2373, VIP seats: 206) Lazar Spajić started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 5th minute of the match Croatia got a corner. Serbia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ljubomir Kerman ran over to the corner to take the kick. Igor Dokoza stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lazar Spajić's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. Vukota Ignjović showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Želimir Vučković, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Želimir Vučković received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Vukota Ignjović tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vukota Ignjović took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Želimir Vučković, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by Serbia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ljubomir Kerman was slow to take the kick. During this time Croatia's players had a chance to rest. Croatia's Ljubomir Kerman was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Vukota Ignjović in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 30th minute Lazar Spajić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Dokoza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vukota Ignjović showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mateo Letica in the 34th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lazar Spajić in the 36th minute of play forced Croatia's goalkeeper Igor Dokoza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Croatia's attentive Simon Vučković managed to snatch the ball when Ristivoj Pandurević made a throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game. After 43 minutes, Ristivoj Pandurević mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Serbia and the Croatia players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 43rd match minute, Serbia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ristivoj Pandurević to maneuver through the defense. Vukota Ignjović made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Želimir Vučković in the 44th minute of play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Mateo Letica made the kick off in the second half. Lazar Spajić recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 56th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 60 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Mateo Letica came free, but Vukota Ignjović reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 60th minute Mateo Letica shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vukota Ignjović saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Želimir Vučković in the 62nd minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Vukota Ignjović to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vukota Ignjović showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Želimir Vučković, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Igor Dokoza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lazar Spajić in the 67th minute of play. Igor Dokoza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lazar Spajić, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. In the 73rd minute, Lazar Spajić left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Serbia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Croatia's Igor Dokoza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lazar Spajić in the 77th minute of play. The supporters of Croatia booed when Serbia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Igor Ceraković didn't get a good kick on the ball. A nice corner shot did that Igor Ceraković got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Igor Dokoza quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Serbia had won after a very even match.