Challenge

Ricardo Garviras
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Witomir Jestrimski took the kick off in the first half of the match. Carol Stinga made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Witomir Jestrimski sent off a good shot on target. Witomir Jestrimski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Carol Stinga made a huge save. Ricardo Ceberiche 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 22nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thanks to some nice moves Pontus Picado could shoot a difficult shot in the 36th minute, which Carol Stinga however easily saved by the left post. After 37 minutes Romania's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cordero Aberasturi who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Roneros F.C.'s Cordero Aberasturi to fire away a dangerous shot which Carol Stinga despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Ricardo Ceberiche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adam Olaru, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Ricardo Ceberiche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Costica Vladimiri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adam Olaru to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 59th minute of play forced Roneros F.C.'s goalkeeper Ricardo Ceberiche to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Witomir Jestrimski came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Roneros F.C. 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 Witomir Jestrimski couldn't finish the play. Romania's Octavian Vaduva was substituted for Costica Vladimiri. 79 minutes had been played when some careless play by Romania's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cordero Aberasturi was slow to take the kick. During this time Roneros F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Roneros F.C.'s corner Cordero Aberasturi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Carol Stinga quite easily take care of the ball. Bone Ascarraga took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Carol Stinga. Carol Stinga dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Umbruso Salvadios in the 85th minute of play. In the 87th minute Alexandru Pangratiu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Ceberiche saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bone Ascarraga in the 93rd minute of play. A hard shot 95 in the game by Sanda Cutov from a close distance when the talented Ricardo Ceberiche managed to make a qualified save. Roneros F.C.'s players were relieved. When the referee blew the final whistle, Roneros F.C. could leave the field as winners, despite Romania having more of the ball for most of the match.