Challenge

De Brouwerij
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Donny Slot took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Stefan Pieters's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carol Stinga was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. 15 minutes into the match, Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Donny Slot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Donny Slot got free with Carol Stinga in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 23rd minute Martijn Makaay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carol Stinga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gerard Lever sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 38 minutes AC Pitt Bier'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. In the 41st minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Taco Uebels saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 45th 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: 0-1. After the first half Romania were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Adam Olaru was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, AC Pitt Bier's goal looked a bit too open when Costica Vladimiri came free, but Taco Uebels reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 53rd match minute, Romania was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adam Olaru to maneuver through the defense. In the 58th minute Donny Slot shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carol Stinga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 60th minute of play forced AC Pitt Bier's goalkeeper Taco Uebels to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60th minute, Costica Vladimiri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donny Slot in the 64th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Romania's Taco Uebels threw himself towards the right post 72 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Alex Serban, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 76th minute Stefan Pieters shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carol Stinga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stefan Pieters in the 77th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stefan Pieters in the 80th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 82 minutes into the match, AC Pitt Bier's goal looked a bit too open when Anton Stinga came free, but Taco Uebels reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 84 minutes in the game, Anton Stinga fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Taco Uebels having to interfere. 86 minutes into the match, AC Pitt Bier's goalkeeper Taco Uebels had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Anton Stinga. In the 87th minute of the match, Rasvan Cristescu got a very nice opportunity to score, but Taco Uebels was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 89 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Donny Slot came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Romania's Anton Stinga slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Taco Uebels. That made the score 0-2 after 90 minutes of play. AC Pitt Bier's Juan Badr was substituted for Gerard Lever. AC Pitt Bier made a substitution. Erik Hulzebos replaced Dick Egberts. Romania's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.