Challenge

Acatar Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nicu Vornicu took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to FC Acatar getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Albert Grămescu hit a great ball. Ekhemos Kezdoglou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hegedus Henrik in the 3rd minute of the match. Fodor Daniel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicu Vornicu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hungary's Fodor Daniel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Hungary from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Hungary booed when FC Acatar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nicu Vornicu didn't get a good kick on the ball. FC Acatar's Ekhemos Kezdoglou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Katona Janos in the 35th minute of play. In the 35th minute Katona Janos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ekhemos Kezdoglou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th minute Nicu Vornicu 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. 38 minutes into the game, Major Barna cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Ekhemos Kezdoglou was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, FC Acatar's Stefanos Ntinopoulos got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Ekhemos Kezdoglou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antal Valentin in the 44th minute of play. Vicente Padro charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vicente Padro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play.

Edgar Șeicaru recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicu Vornicu in the 58th minute of play forced Hungary's goalkeeper Fodor Daniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 59 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hungary's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Constantin Bâlea was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Acatar's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Constantin Bâlea almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Hungary's Fodor Daniel did a great save. Fodor Daniel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicu Vornicu in the 62nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Hungary's Major Barna got a free kick in the 64th minute. FC Acatar's Nicu Vornicu got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 71st minute Major Barna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ekhemos Kezdoglou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in FC Acatar's zone, Takacs Tibor stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ekhemos Kezdoglou came out of the goal and Takacs Tibor tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 77 minutes, Nicu Vornicu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Acatar's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nicu Vornicu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 84th minute Nicu Vornicu 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. Thanks to some nice moves Balazs Lajos could shoot a difficult shot in the 86th minute, which Ekhemos Kezdoglou however easily saved by the left post. Major Barna could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Ekhemos Kezdoglou made a huge save.