Challenge

Arena Baron Neuman
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) ITA Arad's Victor Dobrotă started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 3 minutes into the match, Victor Dobrotă notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub. Vavrinec Holub was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 13th minute, Erik Jilek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Victor Dobrotă could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Vavrinec Holub made a huge save. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Dobrotă in the 16th minute of the match. When Eric Râznicu came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the ITA Arad 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 Eric Râznicu couldn't finish the play. Victor Dobrotă succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-0 in the 19th playminute. Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Czech Republic from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denis Dostal in the 23rd minute of play forced ITA Arad's goalkeeper Claudiu Cezar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iustinian Bitang kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. If Erik Jilek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Czech Republic's defense didn't have a chance, in the 40th minute, when Marcu Zdroană scored to the left of an out of position Vavrinec Holub, making the score, 4-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Erik Jilek to make the kick off. ITA Arad's Claudiu Cezar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erik Jilek in the 56th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 58th minute, Felix Tiberian managed to get in a good position for a shot. ITA Arad's supporters rose to their feet, but Felix Tiberian was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vavrinec Holub breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Czech Republic's Erik Jilek got a free kick in the 60th minute. Bohumir Kohout kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, ITA Arad's Cazimir Frunză got a free kick in the 63rd minute. In the 66th match minute, Czech Republic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bohumir Kohout to maneuver through the defense. Horia Ungur sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 73rd minute, Felix Tiberian made a precise shot to the right of Vavrinec Holub. Czech Republic's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. David Rusil charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed David Rusil the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 78th match minute, Czech Republic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Rusil to maneuver through the defense. When Cristi Velicu fell near the penalty area in the 79th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ITA Arad's protests and gave Cristi Velicu a yellow card for diving instead. Cristi Velicu kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. After 82 minutes of play Czech Republic's David Rusil was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. David Rusil hit a great ball. In the 89th minute Victor Dobrotă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vavrinec Holub saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 89 minutes into the match, Victor Dobrotă had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vavrinec Holub. Czech Republic's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Victor Dobrotă was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. After a rather tough play, Czech Republic's Kvetoslav Janku got a free kick in the 91st minute. After recieving a nice pass, ITA Arad's Felix Tiberian tried to score from far away in the 92nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar.