Challenge

Romania Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Victor Blom took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rdth minute of the game Adam Olaru who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sunkens Surtröjor's Sokol Narev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 5th minute, Adam Olaru ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sokol Narev was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Sokol Narev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Serban in the 8th minute of the match. Adam Olaru fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sokol Narev having to interfere. In the 15th minute, Victor Blom got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Sunkens Surtröjor's Sokol Narev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Sunkens Surtröjor from getting a goal against them. Sokol Narev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 20th minute of the match. A hard shot 23 in the game by Adam Olaru from a close distance when the talented Sokol Narev managed to make a qualified save. Sunkens Surtröjor's players were relieved. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 27th minute of play forced Sunkens Surtröjor's goalkeeper Sokol Narev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Börje Njurenius had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Carol Stinga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frans Alström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 29 minutes into the game, Frans Alström cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Carol Stinga was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Blom in the 32nd minute of play. A collision led to Sunkens Surtröjor getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Evelio Loi hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 36th minute of play forced Sunkens Surtröjor's goalkeeper Sokol Narev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Rasvan Cristescu came up free with the goalie in the 45th 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 Rasvan Cristescu couldn't finish the play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Adam Olaru in the 52nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sokol Narev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Victor Blom had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Carol Stinga made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Sten Enström sent off a good shot on target. 64 minutes into the match, Sunkens Surtröjor's goal looked a bit too open when Costica Vladimiri came free, but Sokol Narev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Romania's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sanda Cutov in the 66th minute. Sokol Narev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Stinga in the 70th minute of the match. Rasvan Cristescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sunkens Surtröjor made a substitution. Anton Galle replaced Victor Blom. Romania's Alexandru Pangratiu was substituted for Alex Serban. Sunkens Surtröjor's Sokol Narev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anton Stinga in the 74th minute of play. After 76 played minutes Sunkens Surtröjor got a freekick which was hit by Osman Ali Semi. In the 77th minute of the match Sanda Cutov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sokol Narev showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Sokol Narev came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by Romania's Octavian Vaduva. But to his dismay, Octavian Vaduva quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Anton Stinga in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sokol Narev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 87th minute of the match Romania got a corner. Sunkens Surtröjor's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sanda Cutov ran over to the corner to take the kick. Sokol Narev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alexandru Pangratiu went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. Carol Stinga had great luck who in the 93rdth minute grab hold of the ball when Anton Galle from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Anton Stinga in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sokol Narev saved Sunkens Surtröjor from getting behind. When the referee ended the match the Romania players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.