Challenge

VHD STADIUM
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Iker Madrid took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Olaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With his leg Carol Stinga managed to avoid a goal in the 15thth minute, when Celestiales's Santiago Abreu fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Romania's Carol Stinga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Romania from getting a goal against them. Iker Madrid 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 20th minute. 24 minutes into the match, Celestiales's Santiago Abreu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Carol Stinga narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Iker Madrid showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Costica Vladimiri in the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 30th minute of play forced Celestiales's goalkeeper Iker Madrid to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 34 minutes into the match, Celestiales's goal looked a bit too open when Alex Serban came free, but Iker Madrid reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iker Madrid saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alex Serban fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iker Madrid having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rasvan Cristescu in the 41st minute of play forced Celestiales's goalkeeper Iker Madrid to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th minute, Florin Simuţ hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The wind increased when Santiago Abreu made the kick off in the second half. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Abreu in the 52nd minute of play. Iker Madrid took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Olaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Romania made a substitution. Anton Stinga replaced Adam Olaru. In the 60th minute of the match, Costica Vladimiri tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Iker Madrid saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Abreu in the 61st minute of play. Romania's Octavian Vaduva was substituted for Costica Vladimiri. 68 minutes into the match, Celestiales's goal looked a bit too open when Octavian Vaduva came free, but Iker Madrid reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 70th minute Anton Stinga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iker Madrid saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Celestiales's Iker Madrid got control of the ball when Octavian Vaduva tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 72nd minute Jiang Sha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carol Stinga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Romania defense, Santiago Abreu 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. Celestiales's Eustaquio Eudoxio was substituted for Santiago Abreu. After 84 minutes Romania's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jiang Sha who took care of the corner kick. Celestiales's Jiang Sha was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Carol Stinga in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eustaquio Eudoxio in the 94th minute of the match. Celestiales succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Romania had controlled the match.