Challenge

Manuel Ursua
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Juan Funes started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, River CBBA's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Olaru came free, but Marcelo Barovero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Adam Olaru came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Romania fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Adam Olaru couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rasvan Cristescu in the 14th minute of play forced River CBBA's goalkeeper Marcelo Barovero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 15 minutes had been played when some careless play by River CBBA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Adam Olaru was slow to take the kick. During this time Romania's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of River CBBA's goalie and right to Alex Serban. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. River CBBA's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 21 minutes into the match, Adam Olaru had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcelo Barovero. River CBBA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adam Olaru was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The audience was convinced that Adam Olaru's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcelo Barovero was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juan Funes in the 27th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Endura Abechuco's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Carol Stinga firmly grabbed it by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 33rd minute of play forced River CBBA's goalkeeper Marcelo Barovero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute Romania were awarded a corner. Adam Olaru went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Adam Olaru almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but River CBBA's Marcelo Barovero did a great save. Marcelo Barovero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rasvan Cristescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th minute, Adam Olaru ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcelo Barovero was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Rasvan Cristescu might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marcelo Barovero. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rasvan Cristescu ran back to his position shaking his head. When Adam Olaru came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Romania fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Adam Olaru couldn't finish the play. The River CBBA 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 Adam Olaru stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. River CBBA's Marcelo Barovero proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save River CBBA from getting a goal against them. 55 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Cipriano Abechuco came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Romania's Anton Stinga was substituted for Adam Olaru. River CBBA's Marcelo Barovero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anton Stinga in the 68th minute of play. Carol Stinga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juan Funes, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Funes in the 71st minute of the match. Marcelo Barovero stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Anton Stinga's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. 76 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Juan Funes came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 80th minute Anton Stinga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelo Barovero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 83 minutes in the game, Anton Stinga fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Marcelo Barovero having to interfere. Marcelo Barovero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Octavian Vaduva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A nice corner shot did that Deng Xing Sang got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Carol Stinga quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Rasvan Cristescu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Marcelo Barovero made a huge save. 91 minutes into the match, River CBBA's goal looked a bit too open when Anton Stinga came free, but Marcelo Barovero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcelo Barovero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anton Stinga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ponciano Abarca in the 93rd minute of play. Romania's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.