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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Adam Olaru started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Carol Stinga was a little too slow when Florin Simuţ got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 7th minute. The score was now 1-0. Iker Madrid showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sanda Cutov in the 12th minute of the match. Adam Olaru sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Santiago Abreu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Carol Stinga having to make a save. Carol Stinga made an important save on a dangerous shot by Santiago Abreu in the 21st minute. 23 minutes into the match, Adam Olaru notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Celestiales's Iker Madrid. Iker Madrid was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Santiago Abreu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carol Stinga was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Sanda Cutov took the ball and in the 28 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Iker Madrid. Iker Madrid dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. 31 minutes into the game, Celestiales's Santiago Abreu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Carol Stinga made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. Santiago Abreu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Celestiales's Ramiro Lleir got a free kick in the 39th minute. 42 minutes into the game, Albano Millan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Celestiales's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Romania the free kick. Iker Madrid showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sanda Cutov, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Santiago Abreu was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Santiago Abreu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Celestiales fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. Romania's Anton Stinga was substituted for Adam Olaru. Fabio Iago made in the 58th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Romania's Rasvan Cristescu. In the 60th minute, Sanda Cutov 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. Romania made a substitution. Octavian Vaduva replaced Costica Vladimiri. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jiang Sha in the 65th minute of play. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santiago Abreu in the 66th minute of the match. 70 minutes into the match, Jiang Sha notched a goal, 4-3, to the right of Romania's Carol Stinga. Carol Stinga was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Celestiales made a substitution. Eustaquio Eudoxio replaced Santiago Abreu. A collision led to Celestiales getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Jiang Sha hit a great ball. Iker Madrid had great luck who in the 74thth minute grab hold of the ball when Anton Stinga from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. In the 75th minute of the match Romania got a corner. Celestiales'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. Carol Stinga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jiang Sha, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Sanda Cutov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Iker Madrid tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 83 minutes, Sanda Cutov made it 4-4 with a short kick to the right side. Celestiales's Iker Madrid tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Carol Stinga came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by Celestiales's Eustaquio Eudoxio. But to his dismay, Eustaquio Eudoxio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-4. Iker Madrid took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sanda Cutov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sanda Cutov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Iker Madrid having to make a save. Romania's Rasvan Cristescu quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ruperto Eufemio, made in the 95th minute of the game. Celestiales's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.