Challenge

Giulesti
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Filippos Stathopoulos made the kick off which started today's match. Denis Dostal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Laurențiu Boeru tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Laurențiu Boeru made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erik Jilek in the 9th minute of play. David Rusil kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Filippos Stathopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vavrinec Holub having to interfere. Laurențiu Boeru stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Erik Jilek's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. After 30 minutes, Valdemar Turecek mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Czech Republic and the MZ Rapid players grew even worse after the yellow card. Valdemar Turecek hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Czech Republic's zone, Panait Baldovin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vavrinec Holub came out of the goal and Panait Baldovin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Vavrinec Holub showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Panait Baldovin, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Bohumir Kohout hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. The supporters of MZ Rapid booed when Czech Republic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kvetoslav Janku didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Erik Jilek to make the kick off. After having played for 54 minutes, Alan Rezek managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Czech Republic's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alan Rezek was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Czech Republic's Erik Jilek came free and shot a quick shot against goal 56 minutes in the game, fortunately Laurențiu Boeru had problems saving as it came toward the left post. Filippos Stathopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vavrinec Holub having to interfere. Denis Dostal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to MZ Rapid getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Panait Bănățeanu hit a great ball. Denis Dostal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Panait Bănățeanu kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Vavrinec Holub showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Panait Baldovin, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Filippos Stathopoulos scored 2-0 in the 70th 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. After having played for 73 minutes, Panait Baldovin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MZ Rapid's supporters crossed their fingers, but Panait Baldovin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. MZ Rapid's Laurențiu Boeru played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Denis Dostal in the 75th minute of play. In the 77th minute, Erik Jilek made a precise shot to the right of Laurențiu Boeru. MZ Rapid's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Daniel Vitek charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Daniel Vitek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Daniel Vitek hit a great ball. In the 85th match minute, Czech Republic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alan Rezek to maneuver through the defense. Vavrinec Holub made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aarón Rey in the 87th minute of play. Filippos Stathopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vavrinec Holub having to interfere. After 96 played minutes MZ Rapid got a freekick which was hit by Petre Encuțoiu.