Challenge

Marcus Aurelius
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Erik Jilek made the kick off which started today's match. 9 minutes into the match, Cristian Cristea had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vavrinec Holub. Czech Republic's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Cristea was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. The supporters of Czech Republic booed when Stoicii was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aurelian Dragomir didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erik Jilek in the 14th minute of play forced Stoicii's goalkeeper Mihăiţă Mirciulescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristian Cristea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Alexandru Zaki could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Vavrinec Holub made a huge save. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Alan Rezek hit a great ball. In the 27th minute, Svatopluk Capek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Alan Rezek kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. A hard shot 31 in the game by Alexandru Zaki from a close distance when the talented Vavrinec Holub managed to make a qualified save. Czech Republic's players were relieved. In the 33rd minute, Kvetoslav Janku hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Claudiu Popescu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Cristea in the 46th minute of the match. After 46 played minutes Czech Republic got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Vitek. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Mihăiţă Mirciulescu acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 54th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Valdemar Turecek. Vavrinec Holub took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexandru Zaki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 57 minutes into the match, Cristian Cristea had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vavrinec Holub. Czech Republic's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Cristea was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. In the 61st minute Alexandru Zaki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vavrinec Holub saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 66th match minute, Czech Republic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bohumir Kohout to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th minute of the match Aurelian Podgoreanu shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vavrinec Holub showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Bohumir Kohout's late challenge caught a Stoicii's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bohumir Kohout helped the player get up and apologised. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by David Rusil during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 78th match minute, Czech Republic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Rusil to maneuver through the defense. Remus Mustață hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Erik Jilek received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mihăiţă Mirciulescu came out and tried to block the shot, but Erik Jilek slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 87th minute. In the 91st match minute, Czech Republic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Denis Dostal to maneuver through the defense. 92 minutes into the game, Claudiu Popescu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Stoicii's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Czech Republic the free kick. A collision led to Stoicii getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Claudiu Popescu hit a great ball. Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claudiu Popescu in the 95th minute of play. When the referee ended the match the Stoicii players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.