Challenge

Slovakia Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Metod Mlynar got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Metod Mlynar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sever Amânaloae. Venezia FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Metod Mlynar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. The supporters of Slovakia booed when Venezia FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cătălin Săraru didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 13 minutes, Zigmund Maliar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Slovakia and the Venezia FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 13th minute, Zigmund Maliar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vavrinec Koleno's late challenge caught a Venezia FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vavrinec Koleno helped the player get up and apologised. After 24 minutes, Sorin Dragușin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezia FC and the Slovakia players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 25 minutes of play, Slovakia's Metod Mlynar made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sever Amânaloae was left in no man's land by his defense there! Slovakia's attentive Zigmund Maliar managed to snatch the ball when Valer Bornescu made a throw-in in the 29th minute of the game. Henrich Slany showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ciprian Bojincă in the 34th minute of the match. Henrich Slany showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Gănescu in the 35th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valer Bornescu in the 37th minute of play forced Slovakia's goalkeeper Henrich Slany to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Cătălin Săraru in the 45th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Slovakia's Zigmund Maliar.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mihăiţă Mailat made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Metod Mlynar in the 60th minute of play forced Venezia FC's goalkeeper Sever Amânaloae to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Venezia FC's Sever Amânaloae played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Metod Mlynar in the 67th minute of play. Valer Bornescu hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Slovakia's Vavrinec Koleno got a free kick in the 73rd minute. In the 76th minute, Mihăiţă Mailat made a precise shot to the right of Henrich Slany. Slovakia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Slovakia's Henrich Slany played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivan Gănescu in the 80th minute of play. In the 83rd minute Vavrinec Koleno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sever Amânaloae saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 83rd minute, Ivan Gănescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Oliver Holub fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sever Amânaloae having to interfere. Sorin Dragușin kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Cătălin Săraru charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cătălin Săraru the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Slovakia's Kornel Jahoda got a free kick in the 98th minute. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Slovakia fans cheered their team off the field, for while Venezia FC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.