Challenge

Banie-Bv.
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Adam Olaru got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Stiinta-Univ.'s Tomasz Gacek got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shi Ming Sheng in the 5th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 8th minute of play forced Stiinta-Univ.'s goalkeeper Martin Crețu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carol Stinga made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Okan Koc sent off a good shot on target. 11 minutes into the match, Stiinta-Univ.'s goal looked a bit too open when Adam Olaru came free, but Martin Crețu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Stiinta-Univ.'s Benjamim Urbano got a free kick in the 13th minute. Valeriu Morovan was extremely unlucky when he, in the 15th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. The audience was convinced that Shi Ming Sheng's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carol Stinga was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. After having played for 23 minutes, Alex Serban managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Romania's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alex Serban was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 24 minutes of play, Romania's Rasvan Cristescu made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Martin Crețu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shi Ming Sheng in the 27th minute of play. Martin Crețu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Costica Vladimiri in the 29th minute of the match. Carol Stinga made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Okan Koc sent off a good shot on target. Okan Koc could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Carol Stinga made a huge save. 43 minutes into the match, Stiinta-Univ.'s Shi Ming Sheng sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Carol Stinga narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 46th minute, Eugen Ionita hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 48 minutes into the game, Romania's Adam Olaru nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Martin Crețu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Stiinta-Univ. made a substitution. Virgil Oargă replaced Viteazul Flore. After the first half Romania were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Okan Koc to make the kick off. Martin Crețu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Costica Vladimiri in the 55th minute of the match. Martin Crețu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 57th minute of the match. 61 minutes into the match, Stiinta-Univ.'s goal looked a bit too open when Adam Olaru came free, but Martin Crețu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Romania's Octavian Vaduva was substituted for Costica Vladimiri. The supporters of Romania booed when Stiinta-Univ. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valeriu Morovan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Romania's Anton Stinga was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 66th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. A collision led to Stiinta-Univ. getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Benjamim Urbano hit a great ball. Romania's Alexandru Pangratiu was substituted for Alex Serban. Stiinta-Univ. made a substitution. Muhammet Altın replaced Valeriu Morovan. In the 70th minute, Benjamim Urbano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Stiinta-Univ. defense, Anton Stinga kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Martin Crețu. The Stiinta-Univ. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Martin Crețu should have stopped the shot. After having played for 75 minutes, Anton Stinga managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Romania's supporters crossed their fingers, but Anton Stinga was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Octavian Vaduva sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 80th minute Okan Koc 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. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shi Ming Sheng in the 82nd minute of play. Martin Crețu didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Romania's Octavian Vaduva shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-5 in the ordered_time% minute. With an all-out effort, Romania's Martin Crețu threw himself towards the right post 97 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Anton Stinga, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Romania's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sanda Cutov in the 98th minute. The corner led to Romania's Rasvan Cristescu getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. The Romania players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.