Challenge

Estadio Taltun
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Adam Olaru started the match with the kick off. 2 minutes into the match, Flavio Cifuentes dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Carol Stinga, 1-0. Romania's Carol Stinga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Romania from getting a goal against them. 11 minutes into the game, Vasile Ciumak cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Zhang Hao Qing was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 15thth minute of the game Adam Olaru who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Taltum FC's Zhang Hao Qing was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Alex Serban received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Zhang Hao Qing tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Romania's Carol Stinga got control of the ball when Flavio Cifuentes tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the Taltum FC defense, Adam Olaru kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zhang Hao Qing. The Taltum FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zhang Hao Qing should have stopped the shot. When the match clock showed 28 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Adam Olaru sped through Taltum FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Zhang Hao Qing. In the 31st minute of the match Romania got a corner. Taltum FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Adam Olaru ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Adam Olaru got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Zhang Hao Qing quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 34th minute, Alex Serban left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Romania fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Norbert Dabrowski in the 39th minute of play. Zhang Hao Qing showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adam Olaru, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-4 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Flavio Cifuentes stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Zhang Hao Qing made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Serban in the 60th minute of play. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Flavio Cifuentes in the 64th minute of play. Mattias Wickander kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Romania made a substitution. Alexandru Pangratiu replaced Alex Serban. Romania made a substitution. Octavian Vaduva replaced Costica Vladimiri. Taltum FC's Espinosa Marco was substituted for Marcelo Cavenaghi. After 69 played minutes Taltum FC got a freekick which was hit by Mattias Wickander. In the 71st minute, Taltum FC's Roldan Castellanos seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Roldan Castellanos the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Taltum FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Roldan Castellanos had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 70th minute of the game. One of Taltum FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Romania:s goal. Sanda Cutov scored 1-5 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zhang Hao Qing, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Taltum FC's Zhang Hao Qing proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Taltum FC from getting a goal against them. When the match had gone on for 83 minutes, Anton Stinga took a quick shot and it went in 1-6 without a chance for Zhang Hao Qing to make any attempt to save it. 87 minutes into the match, Taltum FC's goal looked a bit too open when Anton Stinga came free, but Zhang Hao Qing reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Carol Stinga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luzuriaga Oliver, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Anton Stinga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zhang Hao Qing was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Through an outstanding action, after 93 minutes, Zhang Hao Qing successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Octavian Vaduva got free with Zhang Hao Qing in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Romania's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.