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EL GRAN HULK STADIUM
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Lucas Duarte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costica Vladimiri in the 4th minute of play. Lucas Duarte 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 6th minute. 8 minutes into the match, Rasvan Cristescu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lucas Duarte. E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rasvan Cristescu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Rasvan Cristescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Romania's supporters rose to their feet, but Rasvan Cristescu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lucas Duarte breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Carol Stinga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radamel-Falcao García, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s Lucas Duarte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Serban in the 22nd minute of play. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Adam Olaru was slow to take the kick. During this time Romania's players had a chance to rest. Carol Stinga made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Zdzislaw Lichniak sent off a good shot on target. 28 minutes into the match, E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s goal looked a bit too open when Costica Vladimiri came free, but Lucas Duarte reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 30th minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucas Duarte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 34th minute the ball was on its way in behind Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Vasile Ciumak made in the 41st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Alex Serban immediately put the ball in play. Lucas Duarte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Olaru in the 47th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Carol Stinga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zdzislaw Lichniak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Through an outstanding action, after 53 minutes, Lucas Duarte successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Romania's Anton Stinga was substituted for Adam Olaru. After 58 minutes E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'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. In the 61st minute of the match, Rasvan Cristescu got a very nice opportunity to score, but Lucas Duarte was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. When E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s Radamel-Falcao García in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Romania's goalie prevented a goal. Romania made a substitution. Octavian Vaduva replaced Costica Vladimiri. E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lando Lavet in the 67th minute. A nice corner shot did that Tiago Clavell got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Carol Stinga quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Radamel-Falcao García in the 68th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70thth minute of the game Sanda Cutov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s Lucas Duarte was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 75th minute, Radamel-Falcao García made a precise shot to the right of Carol Stinga. Romania's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Romania's Alexandru Pangratiu was substituted for Alex Serban. E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s Aurelian Dinu was substituted for Mieszko Zajonc. 90 minutes into the match, E L C O K O F C ® E V G ®'s goalkeeper Lucas Duarte had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rasvan Cristescu. 91 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Olivier Ancel came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Romania's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.