Challenge

Juan Román Riquelme
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) 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 Adam Olaru in the 9th minute of play forced Urko FC's goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sebastián Torrico 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 10th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 15th minute of play forced Urko FC's goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 20th minute of play forced Urko FC's goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sebastián Torrico 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 22nd minute. 24 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Antonio Arnas came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 27 minutes into the match, Urko FC's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Olaru came free, but Sebastián Torrico reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Romania fans' excitement grew in the 28th match minute when Romania's Rasvan Cristescu looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 32nd minute of play forced Urko FC's goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Serban might have been able to make a better finish in the 34th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sebastián Torrico. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alex Serban ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 36th minute, Eugen Nita hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 39th minute of play forced Urko FC's goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Augusto Aguirre hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Celso Cruz was the one to do the kick off. In the 54th minute of the match Romania got a corner. Urko FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Adam Olaru ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a rather tough play, Urko FC's Antonio Arnas got a free kick in the 54th minute. Sebastián Torrico made an important save on a dangerous shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 60th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonio Arnas in the 64th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Urko FC made a substitution. Denis Alonso replaced Celso Cruz. Urko FC made a substitution. Igor Baudelio replaced Filomeno Kauldi. Romania's Octavian Vaduva was substituted for Costica Vladimiri. Romania's Anton Stinga was substituted for Adam Olaru. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arrosko Lechem in the 69th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anton Stinga in the 71st minute of play forced Urko FC's goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Denis Alonso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Sebastián Torrico made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rasvan Cristescu in the 73rd minute. After a rather tough play, Urko FC's Igor Baudelio got a free kick in the 75th minute. Rasvan Cristescu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Sebastián Torrico made a huge save. Carol Stinga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arrosko Lechem, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sebastián Torrico showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sanda Cutov, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavian Vaduva in the 85th minute of play forced Urko FC's goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anton Stinga in the 88th minute of play forced Urko FC's goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carol Stinga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Denis Alonso, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. When the match was over Romania could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Urko FC throughout the match.