Challenge

255. Miroslav Klose
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Adam Olaru made the kick off which started today's match. 8 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Peter Blomkvist came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Sanda Cutov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nicasio Abad was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. Romania's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Adam Olaru in the 12th minute. If Sanda Cutov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Nicasio Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vasile Ciumak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Adam Olaru had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 28 minutes into the match, Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Peter Blomkvist. The audience was convinced that Sanda Cutov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nicasio Abad was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. If Adam Olaru had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Romania's Carol Stinga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Romania from getting a goal against them. Sanda Cutov scored 1-1 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nicasio Abad, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peter Blomkvist in the 44th minute of play. Cosmin Barbulescu made in the 46th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Alex Serban. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Peter Blomkvist made a kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Peter Blomkvist in the 56th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Carol Stinga prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 61 minutes into the game, Peter Blomkvist cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Carol Stinga was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 68 minutes, Pietro Salles managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Pietro Salles was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 71 minutes into the match, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goalkeeper Nicasio Abad had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sanda Cutov. Pietro Salles sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Anton Stinga took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Nicasio Abad to make any attempt to save it. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pietro Salles in the 77th minute of the match. Filip Stefan made in the 79th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Alexandru Pangratiu however managed to control. Kosmas Banasopoulos charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kosmas Banasopoulos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Romania booed when Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kosmas Banasopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nicasio Abad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anton Stinga in the 91st minute of play. Carol Stinga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antonio Alzamendi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Antonio Alzamendi scored 3-2 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Carol Stinga, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Romania's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ had won, even though Romania had held more of the ball.