Challenge

O.M. Olympic Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Horaţiu Dijmărescu started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 2 minutes, Kvetoslav Janku mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Czech Republic and the Olympic CF players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Olympic CF booed when Czech Republic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kvetoslav Janku didn't get a good kick on the ball. Toni Ylönen's late challenge caught a Czech Republic's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Toni Ylönen helped the player get up and apologised. After 6 played minutes Olympic CF got a freekick which was hit by Toni Ylönen. In the 9th minute, Olympic CF's Horaţiu Dijmărescu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. When the match clock showed 12 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Erik Jilek sped through Olympic CF's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dacian Cristoiu. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abraham Vallois got free with Vavrinec Holub in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 23rd minute Horaţiu Dijmărescu 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. Horaţiu Dijmărescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Olympic CF booed when Czech Republic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Svatopluk Capek didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 28th minute, Ernesto Esposito 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erik Jilek in the 32nd minute of play forced Olympic CF's goalkeeper Dacian Cristoiu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vavrinec Holub didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 34th minute, which inside left pole to 2-1. Kvetoslav Janku hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. The supporters of Olympic CF booed when Czech Republic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Rusil didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 44 minutes of play, Olympic CF's Horaţiu Dijmărescu made it 3-1 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! Dacian Cristoiu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Jilek in the 47th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Erik Jilek made the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Denis Dostal managed to get in a good position for a shot. Czech Republic's supporters rose to their feet, but Denis Dostal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dacian Cristoiu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ernesto Esposito blasted a shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vavrinec Holub having to make a save. Vavrinec Holub made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Horaţiu Dijmărescu in the 56th minute of play. 60 minutes into the match, Horaţiu Dijmărescu 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 Horaţiu Dijmărescu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. In the 63rd minute, Horaţiu Dijmărescu 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 5-1. In the 67thth minute of the game Horaţiu Dijmărescu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Vavrinec Holub showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abraham Vallois, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Horaţiu Dijmărescu made a great header on Olympic CF's corner, it was just that Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub managed to reach the ball for a save. After 77 minutes of play, Olympic CF's Horaţiu Dijmărescu made it 6-1 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! The supporters of Czech Republic booed when Olympic CF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Liviu Bulcă didn't get a good kick on the ball. 80 minutes into the match, Czech Republic's Erik Jilek broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Horaţiu Dijmărescu scored 7-1 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vavrinec Holub, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 87th minute, Horaţiu Dijmărescu 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 8-1. 91 minutes into the match, Olympic CF's Ernesto Esposito sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vavrinec Holub narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 91st minute, Ernesto Esposito made a precise shot to the right of Vavrinec Holub. Czech Republic's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 9-1. 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. Olympic CF fully deserved thier win.