Challenge

San Siro
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marcu Cruceru took the kick off in the first half of the match. Martin Răuţă did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Hias Nüssli 6 minutes into the match. Marcu Cruceru recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Marcu Cruceru received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Hias Nüssli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcu Cruceru fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hias Nüssli having to interfere. In the 22nd minute Marcu Cruceru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hias Nüssli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 23rd minute, Fridolin Neumeister hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 25 minutes into the match, Switzerland's goal looked a bit too open when Marcu Cruceru came free, but Hias Nüssli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Marcu Cruceru had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 35 minutes into the match, AC Milan Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Samuele Kunz came free, but Codrin Barbăneagră reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hias Nüssli made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Martin Răuţă sent off a good shot on target. In the 37th match minute, Switzerland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Levi von Herren to maneuver through the defense. Hias Nüssli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcu Cruceru in the 39th minute of the match. A collision led to AC Milan Tigers getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Valentin Enciu hit a great ball. Valentin Enciu made in the 46th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Switzerland's Jacinto Maurer. Hias Nüssli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcu Cruceru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Samuele Kunz to strike the kick off in the second half. When the match clock showed 53 minutes, the score became 4-0 when Marcu Cruceru sped through Switzerland's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hias Nüssli. 61 minutes into the match, Marcu Cruceru notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of Switzerland's Hias Nüssli. Hias Nüssli was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 65th minute Marcu Cruceru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hias Nüssli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Switzerland's Jacinto Maurer got a free kick in the 65th minute. In the 67th minute, Marcu Cruceru left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AC Milan Tigers fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. 73 minutes into the match, AC Milan Tigers's goalkeeper Codrin Barbăneagră had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Samuele Kunz. In the 75th minute, Bogdan Sârban ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hias Nüssli was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. A sloppy throw-in by Valentin Enciu in the 78th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Switzerland's Jacinto Maurer. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Marcu Cruceru in the 80th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Hias Nüssli prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogdan Sârban in the 81st minute of play forced Switzerland's goalkeeper Hias Nüssli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hias Nüssli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcu Cruceru in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 84th minute Marcu Cruceru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hias Nüssli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 87th minute, Toader Jumancă hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcu Cruceru in the 89th minute of play forced Switzerland's goalkeeper Hias Nüssli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 89 minutes into the match, Marcu Cruceru had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hias Nüssli. Switzerland's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marcu Cruceru was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-0. Hias Nüssli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcu Cruceru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. For all the effort they put into the match, the Switzerland players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for AC Milan Tigers.