Challenge

中国•北京•鸟巢
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Juan Edur took the kick off in the first half of the match. 2 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Juan Edur came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Carol Stinga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marc Bouman, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marc Bouman in the 4th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Eddy Luirink played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 5th minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Olaru came free, but Eddy Luirink reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 7th minute Costica Vladimiri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eddy Luirink saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eddy Luirink took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vasile Ciumak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 11th match minute, Romania was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filip Stefan to maneuver through the defense. Dumitru Stratulat's late challenge caught a Romania's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dumitru Stratulat helped the player get up and apologised. Costica Vladimiri recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Eddy Luirink made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Olaru in the 18th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Costica Vladimiri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eddy Luirink was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. After 21 minutes of play, Romania's Adam Olaru made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eddy Luirink was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 25th minute of the match, Juan Edur tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Carol Stinga saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Adam Olaru received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Eddy Luirink tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Costica Vladimiri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eddy Luirink was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rasvan Cristescu in the 33rd minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goalkeeper Eddy Luirink to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Adam Olaru in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eddy Luirink prevented the ball from getting in the gole. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Eddy Luirink played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 38th minute of play. Costica Vladimiri kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. The supporters of ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 booed when Romania was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rasvan Cristescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Adam Olaru to strike the kick off in the second half. Carol Stinga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juan Edur, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Costica Vladimiri took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eddy Luirink. Eddy Luirink dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juan Edur in the 56th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Eddy Luirink played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 58th minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, Romania's Adam Olaru sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eddy Luirink narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 64th minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goalkeeper Eddy Luirink to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute, Eugen Ionita hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Romania made a substitution. Alexandru Pangratiu replaced Alex Serban. Romania's Octavian Vaduva was substituted for Costica Vladimiri. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's 潘洲悦 was substituted for Juan Edur. Eugen Ionita hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Octavian Vaduva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eddy Luirink having to interfere. If Marek Markowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 77th minute, Rasvan Cristescu made a precise shot to the right of Eddy Luirink. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Eddy Luirink took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Octavian Vaduva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 81 minutes ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sanda Cutov who took care of the corner kick. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Eddy Luirink proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 from getting a goal against them. Marc Bouman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 潘洲悦 in the 92nd minute of the match. 潘洲悦 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Carol Stinga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Romania's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.