Challenge

Romania Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Adam Olaru took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute Alex Serban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alvaro Valente saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Serban in the 5th minute of play forced Dolar Blue Ψ's goalkeeper Alvaro Valente to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 8 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Aitor Branca came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alvaro Valente took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Costica Vladimiri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 9thth minute of the game Costica Vladimiri who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Dolar Blue Ψ's Alvaro Valente was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Alvaro Valente didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rasvan Cristescu went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 17th minute of play forced Dolar Blue Ψ's goalkeeper Alvaro Valente to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carol Stinga stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aitor Branca's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. Alvaro Valente made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Serban in the 26th minute of play. Dolar Blue Ψ's Alvaro Valente played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Olaru in the 28th minute of play. Cosmin Barbulescu made in the 30th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Rasvan Cristescu. In the 32nd minute, Alex Serban reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Alvaro Valente. The goal made the score 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 36th minute of play forced Dolar Blue Ψ's goalkeeper Alvaro Valente to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dolar Blue Ψ's Alvaro Valente proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Dolar Blue Ψ from getting a goal against them. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aitor Branca in the 42nd minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Costica Vladimiri left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Romania fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Aitor Branca stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The Romania fans' excitement grew in the 54th match minute when Romania's Alex Serban 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 4-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Dolar Blue Ψ's Alvaro Valente played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rasvan Cristescu in the 57th minute of play. Romania made a substitution. Anton Stinga replaced Adam Olaru. Cosmin Barbulescu made in the 62nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Rasvan Cristescu however managed to control. In the 64th minute, Dolar Blue Ψ's Aitor Branca ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Carol Stinga. Carol Stinga yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-1. Alvaro Valente came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by Romania's Anton Stinga. But to his dismay, Anton Stinga quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. Dolar Blue Ψ's Julian Beturian was substituted for Nildo Lendaa. Dolar Blue Ψ's Mario Rodriguez was substituted for Kent Biörkquist. Alvaro Valente showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Stinga in the 73rd minute of the match. Romania were awarded a corner in the 74th minute after Dolar Blue Ψ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sanda Cutov took the corner. The corner led Romania's Sanda Cutov to fire away a dangerous shot which Alvaro Valente despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 81 minutes Romania's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lewis Tearle who took care of the corner kick. Mario Rodriguez made a great header on Dolar Blue Ψ's corner, it was just that Romania's Carol Stinga managed to reach the ball for a save. Alvaro Valente showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rasvan Cristescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. 88 minutes into the match, Dolar Blue Ψ's goal looked a bit too open when Octavian Vaduva came free, but Alvaro Valente reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arnulfo Chano's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Carol Stinga read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 91st minute of play. Valdemar Holm kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Sanda Cutov was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 92nd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 94th minute, Eugen Ionita hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Romania's zone, Lewis Tearle stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carol Stinga came out of the goal and Lewis Tearle tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Romania fully deserved thier win.