Challenge

Insulatard Stadium
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Carolo Stephen took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Costica Vladimiri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonas Chorache was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. Jonas Chorache showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 8th minute of the match. Carol Stinga was a little too slow when Carolo Stephen got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 10th minute. The score was now 1-0. ♦Diabetes♦'s Jonas Chorache played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sanda Cutov in the 14th minute of play. Jonas Chorache showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 15th minute of the match. Romania were awarded a corner in the 16th minute after ♦Diabetes♦'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Adam Olaru took the corner. Sanda Cutov might have been able to make a better finish in the 18th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonas Chorache. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sanda Cutov ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sanda Cutov in the 21st minute of play forced ♦Diabetes♦'s goalkeeper Jonas Chorache to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute of the match Romania got a corner. ♦Diabetes♦'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Adam Olaru ran over to the corner to take the kick. If Sanda Cutov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 31 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Carolo Stephen came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match clock showed 36 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Adam Olaru sped through ♦Diabetes♦'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jonas Chorache. Carolo Stephen blasted a shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Carol Stinga having to make a save. Carolo Stephen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Carol Stinga made a huge save. Sergio Verdi charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sergio Verdi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 44th match minute, ♦Diabetes♦ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sergio Verdi to maneuver through the defense. After 46 played minutes ♦Diabetes♦ got a freekick which was hit by Maurinho Senna.

The wind increased when Adam Olaru made the kick off in the second half. Cosme Gilen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Costica Vladimiri in the 57th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonas Chorache prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Cosme Gilen managed to get in a good position for a shot. ♦Diabetes♦'s supporters rose to their feet, but Cosme Gilen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Carol Stinga breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Romania's Anton Stinga was substituted for Adam Olaru. ♦Diabetes♦'s Cristiano Ronaldinho was substituted for Carolo Stephen. ♦Diabetes♦ made a substitution. Sebastian Tercero replaced Cosme Gilen. Anthon Odén made in the 64th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Romania's Alex Serban. Cristiano Ronaldinho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 66th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 70th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Carol Stinga prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a defensive mix-up in Romania's zone, Sebastian Tercero stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carol Stinga came out of the goal and Sebastian Tercero tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ♦Diabetes♦'s Jonas Chorache played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Octavian Vaduva in the 74th minute of play. Rasvan Cristescu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Jonas Chorache made a huge save. Jonas Chorache showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Octavian Vaduva, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. After a rather tough play, ♦Diabetes♦'s Benjamin Milio got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rasvan Cristescu in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonas Chorache prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Romania's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sanda Cutov in the 87th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Rasvan Cristescu heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 90th minute of play. ♦Diabetes♦ succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Romania had controlled the match.