Challenge

Romania Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Adam Olaru took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th match minute, Araklılı Avareler was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Baycan Selami to maneuver through the defense. Polat Kücük sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 8 minutes into the match, Araklılı Avareler's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Olaru came free, but Müfit Totuk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Araklılı Avareler's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Polat Kücük in the 10th minute. Alex Serban took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Müfit Totuk. Müfit Totuk dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Polat Kücük in the 17th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pacho Papachantzoulis in the 18th minute of play. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cahit Zülfü in the 20th minute of the match. Araklılı Avareler were awarded a corner in the 22th minute after Romania's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Polat Kücük took the corner. Ayasya Baycan charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ayasya Baycan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Araklılı Avareler's Ayasya Baycan got a free kick in the 24th minute. Adam Olaru's shot from long distance in the 25th minute was not bad at all, but Araklılı Avareler's Müfit Totuk knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. Adam Olaru recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cahit Zülfü in the 31st minute of play. Pacho Papachantzoulis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Araklılı Avareler's Müfit Totuk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Olaru in the 35th minute of play. Pacho Papachantzoulis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carol Stinga having to interfere. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baycan Selami in the 38th minute of the match. Müfit Totuk made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alex Serban in the 40th minute. Cahit Zülfü 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. In the 45thth minute of the game Costica Vladimiri who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Araklılı Avareler's Müfit Totuk was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 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.

After some fancy dribbling in the 50th minute, Polat Kücük managed to get in a good position for a shot. Araklılı Avareler's supporters rose to their feet, but Polat Kücük was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Carol Stinga breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Müfit Totuk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 58th minute of the match. Hikmet Tulun hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Araklılı Avareler's Hikmet Tulun got a free kick in the 59th minute. Müfit Totuk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anton Stinga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 62nd match minute, Araklılı Avareler was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hikmet Tulun to maneuver through the defense. Romania's Octavian Vaduva was substituted for Costica Vladimiri. In the 63rd match minute, Araklılı Avareler was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hikmet Tulun to maneuver through the defense. In the 64th minute of the match Sanda Cutov sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Müfit Totuk skillfully saved the ball. 66 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Baycan Selami came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 69 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Pacho Papachantzoulis came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavian Vaduva in the 76th minute of play forced Araklılı Avareler's goalkeeper Müfit Totuk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Araklılı Avareler's goal looked a bit too open when Rasvan Cristescu came free, but Müfit Totuk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Romania were awarded a corner in the 82th minute after Araklılı Avareler's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sanda Cutov took the corner. The corner ended in Octavian Vaduva almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Araklılı Avareler's Müfit Totuk did a great save. The audience was convinced that Anton Stinga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Müfit Totuk was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. In the 84th minute of the match, Polat Kücük tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Carol Stinga saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. A collision led to Araklılı Avareler getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Alptekin Baycan hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Anton Stinga in the 94th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Müfit Totuk saved Araklılı Avareler from getting behind. 95 minutes into the match, Octavian Vaduva had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Müfit Totuk. Araklılı Avareler's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Octavian Vaduva was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Romania had won after a very even match.