Challenge

Romania Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Paşa Ali Karahan got the match started through his kick off. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paşa Ali Karahan in the 7th minute of play. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Silverio Fiz in the 8th minute of the match. In the 12th minute Paşa Ali Karahan 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 16 played minutes Bulldog 07 got a freekick which was hit by Leo Clemencin. In the 17th minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egemen Servet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Leonidas Kabantais had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paşa Ali Karahan in the 21st minute of play. After 22 minutes Romania's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Leo Clemencin who took care of the corner kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernabe Medina in the 24th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Alex Serban came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Romania 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 Alex Serban couldn't finish the play. Egemen Servet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Olaru in the 27th minute of play. Adam Olaru succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 27th playminute. Costica Vladimiri could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Egemen Servet made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Costica Vladimiri got free with Egemen Servet in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 35th minute Paşa Ali Karahan 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. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paşa Ali Karahan in the 40th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adam Olaru to make the kick off. Egemen Servet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 51st minute of the match. Adam Olaru took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Egemen Servet. Egemen Servet dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adam Olaru in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Egemen Servet saved Bulldog 07 from getting behind. After 59 minutes of play, Romania's Rasvan Cristescu made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Egemen Servet was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bulldog 07's Serafin Olo was substituted for Bernabe Medina. Bulldog 07's Anacleto Silvino was substituted for Leo Clemencin. Romania's Anton Stinga was substituted for Adam Olaru. Carol Stinga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Serafin Olo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Egemen Servet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex Serban, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Anton Stinga blasted a shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Egemen Servet having to make a save. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Romania fully deserved thier win.