Challenge

Czech Republic Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nichifor Aelenei got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denis Dostal in the 6th minute of play forced Raureni Academy's goalkeeper Mădălin Lunca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 7 minutes Raureni Academy's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Erik Jilek who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Czech Republic's corner Erik Jilek fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Mădălin Lunca quite easily take care of the ball. After a rather tough play, Czech Republic's Svatopluk Capek got a free kick in the 10th minute. 18 minutes into the match, Nichifor Aelenei notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub. Vavrinec Holub was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Raureni Academy getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Dorel Balint hit a great ball. Kvetoslav Janku took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 23rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Mădălin Lunca. Raureni Academy's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nichifor Aelenei in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vavrinec Holub saved Czech Republic from getting behind. Erik Jilek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vavrinec Holub took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nichifor Aelenei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 34 minutes of play, Raureni Academy's Mugur Udrea made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vavrinec Holub was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 40th minute, Nichifor Aelenei made a precise shot to the right of Vavrinec Holub. Czech Republic's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 43rd minute Mugur Udrea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vavrinec Holub saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mugur Udrea in the 43rd minute of the match. Vavrinec Holub came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by Raureni Academy's Cristinel Tomozei. But to his dismay, Cristinel Tomozei quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Erik Jilek to make the kick off. In the 50th minute, Erik Jilek got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When Cristinel Tomozei came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Raureni Academy fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cristinel Tomozei couldn't finish the play. 57 minutes into the game, Nichifor Aelenei cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Vavrinec Holub was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 63rd minute Erik Jilek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mădălin Lunca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vavrinec Holub made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Mugur Udrea sent off a good shot on target. Alan Rezek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Mădălin Lunca tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Daniel Vitek hit a great ball. After 91 minutes, Dorel Balint made it 0-7 with a short kick to the right side. Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Denis Dostal managed to get in a good position for a shot. Czech Republic's supporters rose to their feet, but Denis Dostal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mădălin Lunca breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.