Challenge

BARLAD ARENA
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Chris Nygaard made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to Denmark getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Simon Bendtsen hit a great ball. Denmark's Keld Paulsen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Denmark from getting a goal against them. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogdan Gurgui in the 7th minute of play. 8 minutes into the game, Denmark's Bertram Svenningsen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aurelian Pistol made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 12 minutes into the match, F.C.BARLAD's goal looked a bit too open when Chris Nygaard came free, but Aurelian Pistol reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ferdinand Simionescu made in the 14th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Denmark's Simon Bendtsen. Keld Paulsen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bogdan Gurgui in the 17th minute. Aurelian Pistol showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Nygaard in the 20th minute of the match. Mikkel Wulff's late challenge caught a F.C.BARLAD's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mikkel Wulff helped the player get up and apologised. Mikkel Wulff hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in F.C.BARLAD's zone, Chris Nygaard stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aurelian Pistol came out of the goal and Chris Nygaard tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 29th minute Edgar Arghir suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. After 30 minutes, Lars Steen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Denmark and the F.C.BARLAD players grew even worse after the yellow card. Lars Steen hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Denmark's Simon Bendtsen got a free kick in the 31st minute. Rareș Vârlan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Keld Paulsen having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Sebastian Manafu managed to get in a good position for a shot. F.C.BARLAD's supporters rose to their feet, but Sebastian Manafu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Keld Paulsen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Denmark's Olav Graversen managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ferdinand Simionescu in the 40 minute of the game. When Sebastian Manafu came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the F.C.BARLAD 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 Sebastian Manafu couldn't finish the play. The F.C.BARLAD players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Denmark were winning 0-1.

The wind increased when Rareș Vârlan made the kick off in the second half. Chris Nygaard sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 55th minute, Chris Nygaard reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Aurelian Pistol. The goal made the score 0-2. Aurelian Pistol made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chris Nygaard in the 59th minute of play. A collision led to F.C.BARLAD getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Călin Târban hit a great ball. Rareș Vârlan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Mikkel Wulff fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aurelian Pistol having to interfere. Lars Steen hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the F.C.BARLAD defense, Chris Nygaard kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aurelian Pistol. The F.C.BARLAD fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aurelian Pistol should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Bertram Svenningsen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aurelian Pistol was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. In the 81st minute, Călin Târban hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Denmark's Chris Nygaard got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Rareș Vârlan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Keld Paulsen having to interfere. Aurelian Pistol showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Nygaard in the 91st minute of the match. In the 96th minute, Bertram Svenningsen fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Aurelian Pistol was a little too slow when Bertram Svenningsen got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 96th minute. The score was now 0-4. When the match was over Denmark could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than F.C.BARLAD throughout the match.