Challenge

Pit of Bodom
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Antal Valentin started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Dragoş Puric made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hegedus Henrik in the 3rd minute of play. 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 4th minute. The corner ended in Takacs Tibor almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but English Fire's Dragoş Puric did a great save. If Sven-Edvin Ahlroth had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Major Barna in the 10th minute of play forced English Fire's goalkeeper Dragoş Puric to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 10th minute, Reinaldo Brasil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Reinaldo Brasil hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. English Fire's Dragoş Puric played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Major Barna in the 13th minute of play. In the 14th minute, Horia Enachescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dragoş Puric showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Major Barna in the 18th minute of the match. 22 minutes into the game, Hungary's Major Barna nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dragoş Puric made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Sven-Edvin Ahlroth made a well adjusted shot against goal in the 26thth minute coming free in front of the goal, but Fodor Daniel would not let the ball come through at any expense and made a nice save by the left post. Antal Valentin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Dragoş Puric tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 33rd minute, Szekeres Tamas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. English Fire's Dragoş Puric played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Major Barna in the 35th minute of play. Dragoş Puric took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Major Barna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Antal Valentin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hungary's supporters rose to their feet, but Antal Valentin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dragoş Puric breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Hungary's Hegedus Henrik got a free kick in the 38th minute. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Hungary's goalkeeper Fodor Daniel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Horia Enachescu hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Major Barna scored 0-2 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dragoş Puric, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half Hungary were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Sven-Edvin Ahlroth to strike the kick off in the second half. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Balazs Lajos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Sven-Edvin Ahlroth received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Fodor Daniel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 67th match minute, Hungary was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Takacs Tibor to maneuver through the defense. Sven-Edvin Ahlroth might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fodor Daniel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sven-Edvin Ahlroth ran back to his position shaking his head. Cazimir Ciulei sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 79 minutes, Antal Valentin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hungary's supporters crossed their fingers, but Antal Valentin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 81st minute Sven-Edvin Ahlroth shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fodor Daniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 86 minutes into the match, Hungary's goal looked a bit too open when Reinaldo Brasil came free, but Fodor Daniel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cristinel Negulescu charged in rather forcefully in the 92nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cristinel Negulescu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 92nd minute of the game. One of English Fire:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Hungary:s goal. A collision led to English Fire getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Reinaldo Brasil hit a great ball. 99 minutes had been played when some careless play by English Fire'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. Hungary's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.