Challenge

Caldeirão Letal
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Adam Olaru started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 2nd minute of play forced Atlético Letal's goalkeeper Abelardo Zubizarreta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 5th minute, Costica Vladimiri 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. Atlético Letal's Abelardo Zubizarreta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 7th minute of play. Abelardo Zubizarreta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rasvan Cristescu in the 9th minute of the match. Atlético Letal's Abelardo Zubizarreta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rasvan Cristescu in the 11th minute of play. In the 14th minute, Alex Serban ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Abelardo Zubizarreta was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Abelardo Zubizarreta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Olaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abelardo Zubizarreta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Olaru in the 20th minute of play. Sanda Cutov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abelardo Zubizarreta having to interfere. Abelardo Zubizarreta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Serban in the 26th minute of the match. Abelardo Zubizarreta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alex Serban, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Batu Cem Topay managed to get in a good position for a shot. Atlético Letal's supporters rose to their feet, but Batu Cem Topay was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Carol Stinga breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rasvan Cristescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abelardo Zubizarreta having to interfere. Abelardo Zubizarreta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex Serban, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rodrigo Vides during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Rodrigo Vides hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Abelardo Zubizarreta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 36th minute of the match. 37 minutes into the match, Atlético Letal's Batu Cem Topay sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Carol Stinga narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 38th minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abelardo Zubizarreta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rasvan Cristescu scored 0-2 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Abelardo Zubizarreta, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Pong Kula made the kick off in the second half. Abelardo Zubizarreta 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 54th minute. Abelardo Zubizarreta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 57th minute of the match. Atlético Letal's Abelardo Zubizarreta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Olaru in the 58th minute of play. Rasvan Cristescu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Abelardo Zubizarreta made a huge save. In the 66th minute Alex Serban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abelardo Zubizarreta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abelardo Zubizarreta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 67th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, Atlético Letal's goal looked a bit too open when Costica Vladimiri came free, but Abelardo Zubizarreta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abelardo Zubizarreta came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by Romania's Adam Olaru. But to his dismay, Adam Olaru quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Atlético Letal's Samuel Guimarães was substituted for César Toledo. Romania made a substitution. Alexandru Pangratiu replaced Alex Serban. Romania's Octavian Vaduva was substituted for Costica Vladimiri. Romania made a substitution. Anton Stinga replaced Adam Olaru. Romania were awarded a corner in the 76th minute after Atlético Letal's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sanda Cutov took the corner. In the 85th minute Anton Stinga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abelardo Zubizarreta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 88 minutes into the match, Atlético Letal's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandru Pangratiu came free, but Abelardo Zubizarreta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Romania's Alexandru Pangratiu, in the 88th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Romania. After 91 minutes Atlético Letal'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. Anton Stinga made a great header on Romania's corner, it was just that Atlético Letal's Abelardo Zubizarreta managed to reach the ball for a save. If Rasvan Cristescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abelardo Zubizarreta didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Octavian Vaduva went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. 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.