Challenge

Arena Ororubá
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Romania's Adam Olaru 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emilio Schiacciacasse in the 3rd minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Pesqueira City getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Doriva Zanette hit a great ball. Jeremias Orland made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costica Vladimiri in the 6th minute of play. 8 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Benjamin da Fonseca came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Romania's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sebastião Quintal was slow to take the kick. During this time Pesqueira City's players had a chance to rest. The throw-in from Emilio Schiacciacasse in the 14th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Romania's Rasvan Cristescu. Jeremias Orland 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 15th minute. In the 15th minute, Adam Olaru ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jeremias Orland was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. With a little luck, Romania's Carol Stinga got control of the ball when Benjamin da Fonseca tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jeremias Orland showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Costica Vladimiri, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Jeremias Orland made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Olaru in the 25th minute of play. Sebastião Quintal could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Carol Stinga made a huge save. Pesqueira City's Jeremias Orland played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Olaru in the 30th minute of play. Bennvar Lohman kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. In the 34th minute of the match Adam Olaru sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jeremias Orland skillfully saved the ball. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pesqueira City'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. Alex Serban was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 40th minute, Sebastião Quintal got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 43rd minute Alex Serban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremias Orland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 43rd minute Alex Serban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremias Orland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Benjamin da Fonseca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 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 Benjamin da Fonseca made the kick off in the second half. When Benjamin da Fonseca came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Pesqueira City 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 Benjamin da Fonseca couldn't finish the play. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benjamin da Fonseca in the 58th minute of the match. Jeremias Orland showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Costica Vladimiri, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Jeremias Orland 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 60th minute. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastião Quintal in the 67th minute of play. In the 68th minute of the match, Octavian Vaduva tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jeremias Orland saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Romania's Alexandru Pangratiu was substituted for Alex Serban. Pesqueira City's Filiph Låsberg was substituted for Doriva Zanette. After 72 minutes Pesqueira City's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sanda Cutov who took care of the corner kick. A collision led to Romania getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Alexandru Pangratiu hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rasvan Cristescu got free with Jeremias Orland in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anton Stinga got free with Jeremias Orland in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jeremias Orland made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Octavian Vaduva sent off a good shot on target. Anton Stinga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jeremias Orland having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 87 minutes, Anton Stinga took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for Jeremias Orland to make any attempt to save it. Benjamin da Fonseca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carol Stinga having to interfere. When Benjamin da Fonseca fell near the penalty area in the 96th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pesqueira City's protests and gave Benjamin da Fonseca a yellow card for diving instead. The Pesqueira City fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Romania were clearly better and deserved to take the win.