Challenge

Rapid Giulesti
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) Carol Stinga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from King Scorpio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 7th minute of play forced A4p FC Gad's goalkeeper Glenn Fyfe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carol Stinga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from James Batistuta, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. 9 minutes into the match, A4p FC Gad's goal looked a bit too open when Costica Vladimiri came free, but Glenn Fyfe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Glenn Fyfe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 10th minute of the match. A4p FC Gad's Glenn Fyfe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Olaru in the 11th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rasvan Cristescu in the 16th minute of play forced A4p FC Gad's goalkeeper Glenn Fyfe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 18 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Löfgren came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 22 minutes into the match, A4p FC Gad's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Olaru came free, but Glenn Fyfe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A4p FC Gad's attentive Amador Martxel managed to snatch the ball when Rasvan Cristescu made a throw-in in the 25th minute of the game. 27 minutes into the match, A4p FC Gad's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Olaru came free, but Glenn Fyfe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, Rasvan Cristescu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Glenn Fyfe. A4p FC Gad's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rasvan Cristescu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. A4p FC Gad's Glenn Fyfe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Olaru in the 32nd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adam Olaru in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Glenn Fyfe saved A4p FC Gad from getting behind. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by King Scorpio in the 35th minute of play. A4p FC Gad's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Marcin Pachucki in the 36th minute. After 38 played minutes A4p FC Gad got a freekick which was hit by Marcin Pachucki. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Serban in the 41st minute of play forced A4p FC Gad's goalkeeper Glenn Fyfe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Glenn Fyfe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Serban in the 41st minute of play. In the 42nd minute Romania were awarded a corner. Adam Olaru went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner went over the outstretched arms of A4p FC Gad's goalie and right to Alex Serban. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. A4p FC Gad's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 46th minute of play forced A4p FC Gad's goalkeeper Glenn Fyfe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Costica Vladimiri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Glenn Fyfe was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. The A4p FC Gad players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Romania were winning 0-1.

Glenn Fyfe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Olaru in the 50th minute of play. Glenn Fyfe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Costica Vladimiri, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. After 52 played minutes A4p FC Gad got a freekick which was hit by Dumitru Purcărete. An unexpectedly hard shot by James Batistuta in the 54th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 56 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when James Batistuta came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 58 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when James Batistuta came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the A4p FC Gad defense, Adam Olaru kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Glenn Fyfe. The A4p FC Gad fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Glenn Fyfe should have stopped the shot. Romania made a substitution. Octavian Vaduva replaced Costica Vladimiri. A4p FC Gad's Flavius Cândroveanu was substituted for Daniel Löfgren. A4p FC Gad made a substitution. Erasmo Damião replaced Amador Martxel. A4p FC Gad's Gică Busuioc was substituted for James Batistuta. 68 minutes into the match, A4p FC Gad's goal looked a bit too open when Anton Stinga came free, but Glenn Fyfe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 70th minute of the match Romania got a corner. A4p FC Gad's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sanda Cutov ran over to the corner to take the kick. 72 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Gică Busuioc came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A4p FC Gad's King Scorpio got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 75th minute, Anton Stinga reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Glenn Fyfe. The goal made the score 0-3. Glenn Fyfe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Octavian Vaduva in the 79th minute of the match. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from King Scorpio in the 80th minute of play. In the 88th minute Anton Stinga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Glenn Fyfe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Romania's Glenn Fyfe threw himself towards the right post 89 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Anton Stinga, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Glenn Fyfe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Stinga in the 90th minute of the match. King Scorpio might have been able to make a better finish in the 92nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Carol Stinga. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. King Scorpio ran back to his position shaking his head. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from King Scorpio in the 92nd minute of play. If Anton Stinga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match was over Romania could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than A4p FC Gad throughout the match.