Challenge

Romania Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Adam Olaru kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, El ABUELO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Olaru came free, but Rodolfo Bertassi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The corner led Romania's Adam Olaru to fire away a dangerous shot which Rodolfo Bertassi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Rodolfo Bertassi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 8th minute of the match. Rodolfo Bertassi came out of the goal in the 8th minute to try and stop a shot by Romania's Adam Olaru. But to his dismay, Adam Olaru quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. 11 minutes into the match, El ABUELO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Alex Serban came free, but Rodolfo Bertassi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isidoro Azevedo in the 13th minute of the match. Ulises Manex sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the last second Rodolfo Bertassi throw himself and got hold of the ball when Adam Olaru in the 17thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ulises Manex in the 18th minute of play. Carol Stinga didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when El ABUELO FC's Ulises Manex shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Rafli Leonard kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Rodolfo Bertassi 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 23rd minute. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isidoro Azevedo in the 24th minute of play. In the 26th minute of the match, Costica Vladimiri tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Rodolfo Bertassi saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 29th minute Ulises Manex 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. El ABUELO FC's Rodolfo Bertassi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save El ABUELO FC from getting a goal against them. Costica Vladimiri who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 31stth minute tested the skills of Rodolfo Bertassi when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 32 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Isidoro Azevedo came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 33 minutes into the match, El ABUELO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Costica Vladimiri came free, but Rodolfo Bertassi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 34 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Isidoro Azevedo came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. El ABUELO FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 36th minute, when Adam Olaru scored to the left of an out of position Rodolfo Bertassi, making the score, 2-1. In the 42nd minute Alex Serban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodolfo Bertassi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 43 minutes El ABUELO FC'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 ended in Costica Vladimiri almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but El ABUELO FC's Rodolfo Bertassi did a great save. With his leg Rodolfo Bertassi managed to avoid a goal in the 44thth minute, when Romania's Costica Vladimiri fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ulises Manex to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 52nd minute of play forced El ABUELO FC's goalkeeper Rodolfo Bertassi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ulises Manex could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Carol Stinga made a huge save. Rodolfo Bertassi 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 54th minute. Rodolfo Bertassi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 59th minute of the match. Rafli Leonard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carol Stinga having to interfere. Romania's Anton Stinga was substituted for Adam Olaru. Romania made a substitution. Alexandru Pangratiu replaced Alex Serban. It was a well-played corner which Isidoro Azevedo managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. If Octavian Vaduva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rodolfo Bertassi 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 77th minute. After a rather tough play, El ABUELO FC's Celestino Fix got a free kick in the 79th minute. El ABUELO FC made a substitution. Teodoro Martxot replaced Celestino Fix. In the 80th minute, Celestino Fix hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rodolfo Bertassi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Stinga in the 83rd minute of the match. Rodolfo Bertassi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Octavian Vaduva in the 85th minute of play. Rodolfo Bertassi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anton Stinga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Romania defense, Isidoro Azevedo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Carol Stinga. The Romania fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Carol Stinga should have stopped the shot. 91 minutes into the match, Romania's Alexandru Pangratiu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rodolfo Bertassi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isidoro Azevedo in the 93rd minute of the match. Rodolfo Bertassi 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 95th minute. After 96 minutes of play, Romania's Anton Stinga made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rodolfo Bertassi was left in no man's land by his defense there! It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Romania had played much better football throughout.