Challenge

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Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Octav Zamfirescu made the kick off which started today's match. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 12 minutes into the game, Hungary's Balazs Lajos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Martin Alexa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Martin Alexa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antal Valentin in the 16th minute of the match. In the 18th minute Octav Zamfirescu 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. Fodor Daniel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yuan Di Xing in the 21st minute. 22 minutes into the match, TAXI-MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Antal Valentin came free, but Martin Alexa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Octav Zamfirescu took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fodor Daniel. Fodor Daniel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. In the last second Fodor Daniel throw himself and got hold of the ball when Octav Zamfirescu in the 33rdth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yuan Di Xing got free with Fodor Daniel in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Octav Zamfirescu hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. In the 46th minute, Costel Vasilescu had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. After 46 minutes, Major Barna mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hungary and the TAXI-MM- players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Hungary getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Major Barna hit a great ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Antal Valentin was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Octav Zamfirescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fodor Daniel was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Takacs Tibor scored 1-3 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Martin Alexa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 60 minutes into the game, TAXI-MM-'s Yuan Di Xing nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fodor Daniel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. Takacs Tibor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Martin Alexa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Martin Alexa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Takacs Tibor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. TAXI-MM-'s Martin Alexa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save TAXI-MM- from getting a goal against them. 66 minutes into the game, Balazs Lajos recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Martin Alexa. Balazs Lajos showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octav Zamfirescu in the 71st minute of play forced Hungary's goalkeeper Fodor Daniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 78th minute of the match, Balazs Lajos got a very nice opportunity to score, but Martin Alexa was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 81 minutes into the match, TAXI-MM-'s goalkeeper Martin Alexa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hegedus Henrik. Hungary were awarded a corner in the 82th minute after TAXI-MM-'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Antal Valentin took the corner. A well-hit corner resulted in Vörös Henrik heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antal Valentin got free with Martin Alexa in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Martin Alexa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Takacs Tibor, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Yuan Di Xing's late challenge caught a Hungary's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yuan Di Xing helped the player get up and apologised. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Gigel Lăzărescu charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gigel Lăzărescu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 96th match minute, TAXI-MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gigel Lăzărescu to maneuver through the defense. 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.