22nd ANC 2007 Day 8 Report
On Sunday, the first game proved to be one sided as Macedonia beat Poland 7-0. Two goals were scored by Tomeski and Dolevski, the latter moving to eight goals for the tournament and the outright lead in the race for the Golden Boot award.
Macedonia were three goals to the good at the interval and scored at regular intervals in the second half to complete the rout.
The second game on Sunday was a willing affair between Serbia and Chile. Last year’s winners Serbia ran out winners by 3-1, but Chile could rightly claim that the decisions didn’t go their way. A red card in the first half to star midfielder Hermasillo also did not help their cause but they battled manfully all day.
Tomic gave Serbia the lead in the 23rd minute after good work by Vukas and Zoric down the right flank. Hermasillo was then sent from the field. Vukas doubled the lead in the 36th minute with what looked like a mishit shot.
Chile then had their first piece of misfortune when an attacker appeared to be clear on goal only to be pulled back. Surprisingly, the referee only gave a yellow card, much to the relief of the Serbian defender.
Tomic got his second in the 51st minute before Nilo pulled one back for Chile latching on to a clever through ball and chipping over Roza in the Serbian goal. Chile then suffered another piece of bad luck, when the referee gave a penalty after Nilo had been bundled over in the box, only for the decision to be reversed when it became apparent that the assistant referee had flagged for offside in the lead up play.
Next Sunday in the Semi Finals, Scotland will play Macedonia at 1.00 on Sunday and Serbia will play Mauritius at 3.00. The winners will meet in the Final at 3.00 on 9th December. |
