Challenge

Romania Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Adam Olaru made the kick off and thus started the match. After 6 minutes of play, AKÇEŞMESPOR's Natalio Centenales made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Carol Stinga was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cláudio Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Olaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 10th minute Friedrich Nietzsche shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carol Stinga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sanda Cutov got free with Cláudio Taffarel in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Songur Ünlüer made in the 14th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Romania's Rasvan Cristescu. Cláudio Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sanda Cutov in the 18th minute of play. In the 21st minute Vasile Ciumak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cláudio Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in AKÇEŞMESPOR's zone, Adam Olaru stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cláudio Taffarel came out of the goal and Adam Olaru tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Romania's Vasile Ciumak got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cláudio Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex Serban, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Cláudio Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sanda Cutov, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Romania's attentive Vasile Ciumak managed to snatch the ball when Songur Ünlüer made a throw-in in the 34th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sanda Cutov in the 37th minute of play forced AKÇEŞMESPOR's goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37thth minute of the game Sanda Cutov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AKÇEŞMESPOR's Cláudio Taffarel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Serban in the 43rd minute of play forced AKÇEŞMESPOR's goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sanda Cutov in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cláudio Taffarel saved AKÇEŞMESPOR from getting behind. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Friedrich Nietzsche was the one to do the kick off. AKÇEŞMESPOR's Cláudio Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vasile Ciumak in the 52nd minute of play. Cláudio Taffarel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adam Olaru went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. After 57 minutes, Adam Olaru made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. AKÇEŞMESPOR's Cláudio Taffarel tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Babür Kongurtay in the 61st minute of the match. Friedrich Nietzsches short, quick shot in the 64thth minute got Carol Stinga to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Cláudio Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Costica Vladimiri in the 65th minute of the match. Carol Stinga stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Friedrich Nietzsche's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. Cláudio Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rasvan Cristescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cláudio Taffarel 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 77th minute. AKÇEŞMESPOR's Cláudio Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anton Stinga in the 78th minute of play. Cláudio Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anton Stinga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Romania made a substitution. Octavian Vaduva replaced Costica Vladimiri. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by AKÇEŞMESPOR'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. 88 minutes into the game, Rasvan Cristescu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Cláudio Taffarel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Carol Stinga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Meriç Özsen, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Cláudio Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Stinga in the 95th minute of the match.