Challenge

Arena Ximbocú
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Adam Olaru kicked off to start the match. 2 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Ezequiel Pereira came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Daniel Anaya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 4th minute of the match. 6 minutes into the match, Costica Vladimiri notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Lobo Guará's Daniel Anaya. Daniel Anaya was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 10th minute Costica Vladimiri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Anaya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 12th minute, Adam Olaru made a precise shot to the right of Daniel Anaya. Lobo Guará's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. After some careless play in the Romania defense, Ezequiel Pereira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Carol Stinga. The Romania fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Carol Stinga should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Serban in the 18th minute of play forced Lobo Guará's goalkeeper Daniel Anaya to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute, Alex Serban left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Romania fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Ezequiel Pereira recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 26th minute Costica Vladimiri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Anaya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd minute Costica Vladimiri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Anaya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Rasvan Cristescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daniel Anaya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costica Vladimiri in the 37th minute of play. Daniel Anaya took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Costica Vladimiri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 47th minute of the match, Ezequiel Pereira tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Carol Stinga saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The Lobo Guará players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Romania were winning 1-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ciro de Moraes stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 58th minute Costica Vladimiri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Anaya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Romania's Costica Vladimiri slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Daniel Anaya. That made the score 1-4 after 61 minutes of play. Romania made a substitution. Anton Stinga replaced Adam Olaru. Rasvan Cristescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Daniel Anaya having to interfere. Daniel Anaya made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Rasvan Cristescu sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Octavian Vaduva's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Daniel Anaya was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ezequiel Pereira in the 82nd minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 84th minute Anton Stinga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Anaya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ezequiel Pereira in the 85th minute of play. After 86 minutes of play, Romania's Octavian Vaduva made it 2-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Daniel Anaya was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 92nd minute, Octavian Vaduva made a precise shot to the right of Daniel Anaya. Lobo Guará's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-7. Romania's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.