Challenge

Romania Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Xiao Wei Yan started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Timmy Kjellkvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 11thth minute of the game Ulf Arvidsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Romania's Carol Stinga was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. FC Hans's Timmy Kjellkvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Olaru in the 20th minute of play. In the 21st minute Dan Waller 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. After 24 minutes FC Hans's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Adam Olaru who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Romania's Vasile Ciumak to fire away a dangerous shot which Timmy Kjellkvist despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 24th minute, Vasile Ciumak 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: 1-0. Ulf Arvidsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Carol Stinga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Timmy Kjellkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Costica Vladimiri, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulf Arvidsson in the 34th minute of the match. Timmy Kjellkvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Olaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Hans's goalkeeper Timmy Kjellkvist, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Xiao Wei Yan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carol Stinga was relentless in the 46th minute of the game.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Adam Olaru to strike the kick off in the second half. After 53 minutes of play, Romania's Adam Olaru made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Timmy Kjellkvist was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rasvan Cristescu might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Timmy Kjellkvist. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rasvan Cristescu ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 61st minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Timmy Kjellkvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rasvan Cristescu in the 68th minute of play forced FC Hans's goalkeeper Timmy Kjellkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Hans's Jonas Ståhlberg was substituted for Ulf Arvidsson. FC Hans's Firman Morientes was substituted for Erland Trolle. Romania made a substitution. Anton Stinga replaced Adam Olaru. Timmy Kjellkvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Octavian Vaduva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Firman Morientes in the 79th minute of play. Anton Stinga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Timmy Kjellkvist having to interfere. Timmy Kjellkvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rasvan Cristescu in the 87th minute of the match. Carol Stinga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonas Ståhlberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Alexandru Pangratiu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Timmy Kjellkvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Timmy Kjellkvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Octavian Vaduva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 92 minutes into the game, Dan Waller was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Hans's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Romania the free kick. Timmy Kjellkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anton Stinga, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. 94 minutes into the match, Octavian Vaduva notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of FC Hans's Timmy Kjellkvist. Timmy Kjellkvist was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Romania had played much better football throughout.