Challenge

ADIDAS Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Adam Olaru started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, Dinamita on Grass's Artur Bachor ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Carol Stinga. Carol Stinga yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Carol Stinga made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Mihnea Seremet sent off a good shot on target. Vito Castelao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Olaru in the 11th minute of play. 14 minutes into the match, Dinamita on Grass's goal looked a bit too open when Vasile Ciumak came free, but Vito Castelao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Romania's Carol Stinga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Romania from getting a goal against them. 17 minutes in the game Oier Paz did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Bogumil Chowaniec. Vasile Ciumak scored 1-1 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vito Castelao, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 33 minutes into the game, Costica Vladimiri cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Vito Castelao was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Carol Stinga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Delmiro Vachon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The throw-in from Jago Sánchez in the 39th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Romania's Rasvan Cristescu. 41 minutes into the match, Dinamita on Grass's goal looked a bit too open when Rasvan Cristescu came free, but Vito Castelao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dinamita on Grass's Mihnea Seremet got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Vito Castelao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rasvan Cristescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Artur Bachor to make the kick off. With a little luck, Dinamita on Grass's Vito Castelao got control of the ball when Costica Vladimiri tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 57th minute Artur Bachor 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. When Mihnea Seremet came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the Dinamita on Grass 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 Mihnea Seremet couldn't finish the play. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mihnea Seremet in the 61st minute of play. Carol Stinga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Artur Bachor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 64 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Artur Bachor came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 65th minute, Ferman Verges hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dinamita on Grass made a substitution. Leandro Paredes replaced Mihnea Seremet. Dinamita on Grass made a substitution. Amat Serena replaced Artur Bachor. After 66 played minutes Dinamita on Grass got a freekick which was hit by Ferman Verges. Vito Castelao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Stinga in the 69th minute of the match. When Romania's Octavian Vaduva in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Dinamita on Grass's goalie prevented a goal. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amat Serena in the 73rd minute of play. Octavian Vaduva could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Vito Castelao made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anton Stinga in the 92nd minute of play forced Dinamita on Grass's goalkeeper Vito Castelao to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vito Castelao didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Octavian Vaduva went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. When the match was over Romania could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Dinamita on Grass throughout the match.