Challenge

J.VandekerkhoveArena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Guido Vissenaeken made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vítor Baia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 5thth minute of the game Guido Vissenaeken who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Romania's Carol Stinga was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Guido Vissenaeken put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Carol Stinga. In the 10th minute, Sanda Cutov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vítor Baia was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. With his leg Carol Stinga managed to avoid a goal in the 16thth minute, when Brugge United's Guido Vissenaeken fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Rasvan Cristescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vítor Baia 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 20th minute of the match Romania got a corner. Brugge United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Adam Olaru ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Sanda Cutov almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Brugge United's Vítor Baia did a great save. 23 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Arnauld Van Impe came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 26 minutes into the match, Brugge United's goal looked a bit too open when Costica Vladimiri came free, but Vítor Baia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vítor Baia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Olaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th minute, Costica Vladimiri 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: 1-2. In the 43rd minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vítor Baia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 44 minutes Brugge United's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Adam Olaru who took care of the corner kick. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adam Olaru to make the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jaspar Van Den Broeck during the 50th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Romania booed when Brugge United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 50 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaspar Van Den Broeck didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vítor Baia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Costica Vladimiri's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. With a little luck, Brugge United's Vítor Baia got control of the ball when Sanda Cutov tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 63rdth minute of the game Alex Serban who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Brugge United's Vítor Baia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 66 minutes into the match, Brugge United's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Olaru came free, but Vítor Baia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 70 minutes into the match, Brugge United's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Olaru came free, but Vítor Baia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vítor Baia came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by Romania's Costica Vladimiri. But to his dismay, Costica Vladimiri quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Romania made a substitution. Alexandru Pangratiu replaced Alex Serban. The audience thought a goal was coming when Octavian Vaduva got free with Vítor Baia in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Guido Vissenaeken's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carol Stinga was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Brugge United were awarded a corner in the 79th minute after Romania's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Percy da Fonseca took the corner. Vítor Baia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anton Stinga, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. In the 87th minute Anton Stinga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vítor Baia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vítor Baia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexandru Pangratiu in the 89th minute of play. In the 93rd minute, Guido Vissenaeken hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.