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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Adam Olaru kicked off to start the match. In the 12th minute Carlitos Tevez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carol Stinga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th minute, Alex Serban ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Slawomir Michalski was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 23rd minute, Stone City's Carlitos Tevez dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. Carol Stinga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Trond Soltveit, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. After 29 minutes, Trond Soltveit made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. Romania's Carol Stinga tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Carlitos Tevez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Carol Stinga made a huge save. In the 32nd minute Trond Soltveit shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carol Stinga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stone City's Slawomir Michalski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 34th minute of play. Slawomir Michalski didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Romania's Costica Vladimiri shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-3 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 38th minute of the match Romania got a corner. Stone City's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Adam Olaru ran over to the corner to take the kick. Romania's Cosmin Barbulescu was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Slawomir Michalski in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 40th minute of the match Romania got a corner. Stone City's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Adam Olaru ran over to the corner to take the kick. Cosmin Barbulescu made a great header on Romania's corner, it was just that Stone City's Slawomir Michalski managed to reach the ball for a save. Slawomir Michalski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Costica Vladimiri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-3.

Stone City's Slawomir Michalski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Olaru in the 53rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adam Olaru in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Slawomir Michalski saved Stone City from getting behind. In the 60th minute of the match, Rasvan Cristescu got a very nice opportunity to score, but Slawomir Michalski was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Romania's Anton Stinga was substituted for Adam Olaru. After 62 minutes Stone City'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. Romania made a substitution. Octavian Vaduva replaced Costica Vladimiri. Stone City's Slawomir Michalski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Stone City from getting a goal against them. Rasvan Cristescu came free with the goalkeeper in the 69th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Slawomir Michalski could save by the left post. Slawomir Michalski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anton Stinga went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. In the 76th minute Víctor Franco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carol Stinga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 79 minutes into the match, Stone City's goal looked a bit too open when Octavian Vaduva came free, but Slawomir Michalski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anton Stinga did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-5 to the left of a surprised Slawomir Michalski 82 minutes into the match. Anton Stinga could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Slawomir Michalski made a huge save. Anton Stinga was extremely unlucky when he, in the 90th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. An unexpectedly hard shot by Trond Soltveit in the 94th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Trond Soltveit had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.