Challenge

Monumental do Sesi
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Adam Olaru made the kick off which started today's match. In the 13th minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ludomil Ziomkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 17th minute of play forced CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Ludomil Ziomkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Romania were awarded a corner in the 17th minute after CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Adam Olaru took the corner. Alex Serban was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Adam Olaru was slow to take the kick. During this time Romania's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Sanda Cutov almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ's Ludomil Ziomkowski did a great save. Ludomil Ziomkowski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adam Olaru went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After having played for 26 minutes, Rasvan Cristescu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Romania's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rasvan Cristescu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ludomil Ziomkowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Olaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ludomil Ziomkowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rasvan Cristescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Xande Campbell blasted a shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Carol Stinga having to make a save. In the 32nd minute Afonso da Cunha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carol Stinga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Adam Olaru scored 0-2 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ludomil Ziomkowski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 45 minutes into the match, CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Olaru came free, but Ludomil Ziomkowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xande Campbell in the 47th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Xande Campbell stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Afonso da Cunha managed to get in a good position for a shot. CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ's supporters rose to their feet, but Afonso da Cunha was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Carol Stinga breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in Romania's zone, Breno Torres stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carol Stinga came out of the goal and Breno Torres tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Romania's Octavian Vaduva was substituted for Costica Vladimiri. CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ made a substitution. Rambo von Buol-Schaudenstein replaced Breno Torres. After some careless play in the CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ defense, Octavian Vaduva kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ludomil Ziomkowski. The CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ludomil Ziomkowski should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavian Vaduva in the 80th minute of play forced CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Ludomil Ziomkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ludomil Ziomkowski made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Octavian Vaduva sent off a good shot on target. In the 87th match minute, Romania was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sanda Cutov to maneuver through the defense. Gustavo da Silva shot from long distance after 87 played minutes, a shot that Carol Stinga with certain difficulty stopped from going in under the crossbar. Ludomil Ziomkowski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Anton Stinga's shot from short distance in the 89th minute. Anton Stinga struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Ludomil Ziomkowski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Romania. Renato Augusto took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Carol Stinga. Carol Stinga dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. When the match was over Romania could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ throughout the match.