Challenge

Gran Parque Central
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Grabiel Escorcia started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristiano Aveiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristiano Aveiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 11th minute of the match. Cristiano Aveiro 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 13th minute. Grabiel Escorcia's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 24thth minute, Carol Stinga skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Romania's Carol Stinga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Romania from getting a goal against them. Romania's Filip Stefan managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Camilo Candido in the 28 minute of the game. In the 29th match minute, Nacional was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Camilo Candido to maneuver through the defense. Sanda Cutov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Cristiano Aveiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sanda Cutov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cristiano Aveiro having to make a save. In the 35th play minute Grabiel Escorcia came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Carol Stinga. 2-0. Adam Olaru scored 2-1 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cristiano Aveiro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cristiano Aveiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sanda Cutov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sanda Cutov in the 41st minute of play forced Nacional's goalkeeper Cristiano Aveiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Filip Stefan made in the 46th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Nacional's Camilo Candido. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Adam Olaru made the kick off in the second half. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 53rd minute of play. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 53rd minute of play. 60 minutes into the match, Nacional's goal looked a bit too open when Alex Serban came free, but Cristiano Aveiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristiano Aveiro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sanda Cutov in the 63rd minute. Grabiel Escorcia blasted a shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Carol Stinga having to make a save. 69 minutes into the match, Nacional's goalkeeper Cristiano Aveiro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sanda Cutov. Cristiano Aveiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vasile Ciumak in the 70th minute of play. Romania made a substitution. Octavian Vaduva replaced Costica Vladimiri. Nacional made a substitution. Walme Yurre replaced Mendiko Bueres. Romania made a substitution. Anton Stinga replaced Adam Olaru. 74 minutes into the game, Grabiel Escorcia cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Carol Stinga was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Nacional's attentive Camilo Candido managed to snatch the ball when Filip Stefan made a throw-in in the 78th minute of the game. After 81 minutes Nacional's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sanda Cutov who took care of the corner kick. After 82 played minutes Nacional got a freekick which was hit by Grabiel Escorcia. Sanda Cutov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Cristiano Aveiro made a huge save. Cristiano Aveiro made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Sanda Cutov sent off a good shot on target. In the 89th of the match, Vasile Ciumak tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Cristiano Aveiro got in the way and made a wonderful save. 90 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nacional's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sanda Cutov was slow to take the kick. During this time Romania's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Romania's corner Anton Stinga fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Cristiano Aveiro quite easily take care of the ball. With a little luck, Nacional's Cristiano Aveiro got control of the ball when Sanda Cutov tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Romania's zone, Joseph Gayoso stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carol Stinga came out of the goal and Joseph Gayoso tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. For all the effort they put into the match, the Romania players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Nacional.