Challenge

CARDINAL STADIUM
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Erik Jilek got the match started through his kick off. Vavrinec Holub was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Gavril Bucur showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 8 minute of play. 11 minutes into the match, C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's goal looked a bit too open when Denis Dostal came free, but Jan-Joost Werner reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 16th minute Erik Jilek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan-Joost Werner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vavrinec Holub came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Gavril Bucur. But to his dismay, Gavril Bucur quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Gavril Bucur managed to get in a good position for a shot. C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's supporters rose to their feet, but Gavril Bucur was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vavrinec Holub breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Eric Şerbănescu was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 32nd minute. C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Gavril Bucur blasted a shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vavrinec Holub having to make a save. After 33 played minutes C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Sergiu Panaitescu stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Vavrinec Holub stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Czech Republic of the goal. Through an outstanding action, after 36 minutes, Vavrinec Holub successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Jan-Joost Werner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erik Jilek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vavrinec Holub stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Károly Bodrogi's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. After 40 minutes of play, C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Gavril Bucur made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vavrinec Holub was left in no man's land by his defense there! Vavrinec Holub didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gavril Bucur went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gavril Bucur to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Sergiu Panaitescu 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. Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergiu Panaitescu in the 57th minute of play. In the 59thth minute of the game Erik Jilek who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Jan-Joost Werner was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Denis Dostal hit a great ball. In the 60th minute, Denis Dostal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vavrinec Holub stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gavril Bucur's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. When C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Gavril Bucur in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Czech Republic's goalie prevented a goal. 63 minutes into the match, Károly Bodrogi 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 Károly Bodrogi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Gavril Bucur sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vavrinec Holub showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gavril Bucur, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Czech Republic's zone, Peppe Mascara stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vavrinec Holub came out of the goal and Peppe Mascara tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 73rd match minute, Czech Republic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valdemar Turecek to maneuver through the defense. In the 74th minute, Károly Bodrogi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vavrinec Holub was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peppe Mascara in the 76th minute of play forced Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eric Şerbănescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vavrinec Holub having to interfere. 88 minutes into the game, Gavril Bucur cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-0. Vavrinec Holub was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. C Ａ R D I N Ａ L had played much better football throughout.