Challenge

Thunder
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Eléctricos F.C.'s Kong Zhi Wei started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kong Zhi Wei in the 4th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Romania's zone, Kong Zhi Wei stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carol Stinga came out of the goal and Kong Zhi Wei tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Eléctricos F.C.'s Tonio Bergada played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Olaru in the 8th minute of play. Carol Stinga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kong Zhi Wei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Romania's Adam Olaru got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 25th minute of play forced Eléctricos F.C.'s goalkeeper Tonio Bergada to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by Eléctricos F.C.'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. Tonio Bergada made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Olaru in the 34th minute of play. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Eléctricos F.C.'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. A nice corner shot did that Adam Olaru got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tonio Bergada quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Tonio Bergada took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Olaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Alex Serban put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Tonio Bergada. Vasile Ciumak hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luca Lechințan got free with Carol Stinga in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Adam Olaru made the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Eléctricos F.C.'s Tonio Bergada got control of the ball when Rasvan Cristescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tonio Bergada took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Olaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tonio Bergada took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Costica Vladimiri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eléctricos F.C.'s Cruz Guareña was substituted for Peter Talvik. Romania's Anton Stinga was substituted for Adam Olaru. Eléctricos F.C.'s Urre Leis was substituted for Vendel Ferenc. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Urre Leis in the 73rd minute of play. Tonio Bergada made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anton Stinga in the 75th minute of play. Alex Serban was extremely unlucky when he, in the 79th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Romania's Alexandru Pangratiu was substituted for Alex Serban. Carol Stinga stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jérémie Sarmiento's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jérémie Sarmiento in the 87th minute of the match. A collision led to Romania getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Anton Stinga hit a great ball. Carol Stinga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jérémie Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rd minute Anton Stinga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tonio Bergada saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Anton Stinga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tonio Bergada was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Anton Stinga in the 94th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tonio Bergada saved Eléctricos F.C. from getting behind. Romania's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.