Challenge

Amphiteatrum Novum
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Luis Navarro started the match with the kick off. Fodor Daniel made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Luis Navarro sent off a good shot on target. Hungary's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Antal Valentin in the 7th minute. Legio X Eqvestris's Ariel Gustau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antal Valentin in the 13th minute of play. With a little luck, Hungary's Fodor Daniel got control of the ball when Roald Ahland tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 15th minute, Major Barna ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ariel Gustau was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. When Legio X Eqvestris's Luis Navarro in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Hungary's goalie prevented a goal. Legio X Eqvestris's Ariel Gustau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Major Barna in the 24th minute of play. Fodor Daniel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luis Navarro in the 25th minute. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hungary's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ricardo Cassagne was slow to take the kick. During this time Legio X Eqvestris's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Pablo Aimar heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Ariel Gustau made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Major Barna in the 28th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Luis Navarro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fodor Daniel was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Ariel Gustau came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by Hungary's Hegedus Henrik. But to his dismay, Hegedus Henrik quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 43 minutes into the match, Hungary's goal looked a bit too open when Generoso Emenon came free, but Fodor Daniel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Legio X Eqvestris getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Generoso Emenon hit a great ball. Takacs Tibor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Ariel Gustau tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Antal Valentin to make the kick off. In the 55th minute Hungary were awarded a corner. Antal Valentin went to the cornerflag to take it. Boros Benedek kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. When Luis Navarro came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Legio X Eqvestris 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 Luis Navarro couldn't finish the play. 67 minutes into the match, Legio X Eqvestris's goal looked a bit too open when Hegedus Henrik came free, but Ariel Gustau reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antal Valentin got free with Ariel Gustau in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Takacs Tibor's late challenge caught a Legio X Eqvestris's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Takacs Tibor helped the player get up and apologised. Takacs Tibor kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Ariel Gustau made an important save on a dangerous shot by Major Barna in the 78th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Major Barna in the 80th minute of play forced Legio X Eqvestris's goalkeeper Ariel Gustau to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Major Barna came free with the goalkeeper in the 83rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Ariel Gustau could save by the left post. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by Legio X Eqvestris's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Antal Valentin was slow to take the kick. During this time Hungary's players had a chance to rest. Legio X Eqvestris's Ariel Gustau proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Legio X Eqvestris from getting a goal against them. After having played for 91 minutes, José Paradela managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Legio X Eqvestris's supporters crossed their fingers, but José Paradela was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the final whistle sounded Hungary left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Legio X Eqvestris.