Challenge

Diego Maradona
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jairo Baraquiel started the match with the kick off. Descamisados CF's Kong Chen Xuan quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Vasile Ciumak, made in the 6th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 10th minute of play forced Descamisados CF's goalkeeper Lawrence Lawless to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12th minute, Costica Vladimiri got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The corner ended in Vasile Ciumak almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Descamisados CF's Lawrence Lawless did a great save. Lawrence Lawless didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vasile Ciumak went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet as Jairo Baraquiel kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Carol Stinga. That made the score 1-1 in the 20 minute of play. Lawrence Lawless made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Serban in the 23rd minute of play. Lawrence Lawless made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Serban in the 23rd minute of play. Lawrence Lawless made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costica Vladimiri in the 25th minute of play. When Costica Vladimiri, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 31 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Lawrence Lawless was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Lawrence Lawless 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 41st minute, Adam Olaru ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lawrence Lawless was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 45th minute of play forced Descamisados CF's goalkeeper Lawrence Lawless to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lawrence Lawless took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Costica Vladimiri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jairo Baraquiel in the 46th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carol Stinga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jairo Baraquiel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Descamisados CF players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Romania were winning 1-3.

When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Jairo Baraquiel put it in 2-3 from a short distance just to the right of Carol Stinga. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alex Serban in the 56th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lawrence Lawless prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jairo Baraquiel's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Carol Stinga read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 62nd minute of play. A collision led to Romania getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Vasile Ciumak hit a great ball. Romania's Octavian Vaduva was substituted for Costica Vladimiri. Descamisados CF's Celestino Artaldo was substituted for Anselmo Thomas. Descamisados CF made a substitution. Felix Răica replaced Jairo Baraquiel. In the 64th minute, Vasile Ciumak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Descamisados CF's Lawrence Lawless played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anton Stinga in the 67th minute of play. 78 minutes into the match, Anton Stinga had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lawrence Lawless. Descamisados CF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anton Stinga was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-5. Lawrence Lawless didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Octavian Vaduva went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-6 was the resulting score. In the 91st minute Anton Stinga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lawrence Lawless saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 91 minutes into the game, Anton Stinga cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-7. Lawrence Lawless was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Adrian Txartiko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carol Stinga having to interfere. When the final whistle sounded Romania left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Descamisados CF.