Challenge

Romania Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Romania's Adam Olaru started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of Romania booed when Victoria Przyborów was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fryderyk Hatman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Boleslaw Ruszczyk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Costica Vladimiri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robustiano Admon in the 7th minute of play. Boleslaw Ruszczyk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costica Vladimiri in the 8th minute of play. Sanda Cutov kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. After 13 played minutes, Victoria Przyborów's Ryszard Dytrych shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Carol Stinga came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Victoria Przyborów reached it. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Semavi Polat in the 18th minute of play. Boleslaw Ruszczyk was a little too slow when Costica Vladimiri got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 22nd minute. The score was now 1-0. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Semavi Polat in the 28th minute of the match. In the 29th minute of the match Victoria Przyborów got a corner. Romania's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ryszard Dytrych ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Victoria Przyborów's corner Ryszard Dytrych fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Carol Stinga quite easily take care of the ball. Filip Stefan hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. 32 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Semavi Polat came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Victoria Przyborów's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ryszard Dytrych in the 33rd minute. After some careless play in the Victoria Przyborów defense, Adam Olaru kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Boleslaw Ruszczyk. The Victoria Przyborów fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Boleslaw Ruszczyk should have stopped the shot. Boleslaw Ruszczyk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Costica Vladimiri, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Boleslaw Ruszczyk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Costica Vladimiri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Boleslaw Ruszczyk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Semavi Polat in the 41st minute of play. Carol Stinga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Semavi Polat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Semavi Polat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carol Stinga having to interfere. 48 minutes into the match, Victoria Przyborów's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Olaru came free, but Boleslaw Ruszczyk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Semavi Polat made the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the match, Romania's Rasvan Cristescu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Boleslaw Ruszczyk narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sanda Cutov in the 56th minute of play forced Victoria Przyborów's goalkeeper Boleslaw Ruszczyk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 59 minutes had been played when some careless play by Victoria Przyborów'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. Alex Serban was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. 64 minutes into the game, Romania's Anton Stinga nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Boleslaw Ruszczyk made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Rasvan Cristescu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Boleslaw Ruszczyk read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 68th minute of play. Semavi Polat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Victoria Przyborów's Tymoteusz Budzynski was substituted for Kacper Sawicki. Victoria Przyborów made a substitution. Zachariasz Psotka replaced Damian Sienkowski. Boleslaw Ruszczyk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandru Pangratiu, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Alexandru Pangratiu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Boleslaw Ruszczyk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dariusz Ludwa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Carol Stinga having to make a save. 87 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Dariusz Ludwa came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anton Stinga in the 89th minute of play forced Victoria Przyborów's goalkeeper Boleslaw Ruszczyk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Boleslaw Ruszczyk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexandru Pangratiu in the 90th minute of play. Victoria Przyborów's Dariusz Ludwa got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 96th minute, Octavian Vaduva ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Boleslaw Ruszczyk was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Romania's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.