Challenge

Stadio Ennio Tardini
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) In the 5th minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Abad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 13 minutes into the match, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Luan Pombo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Carol Stinga narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Carol Stinga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tytus Orling, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Turgut Soyuer in the 23rd minute of play. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by Romania's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Turgut Soyuer was slow to take the kick. During this time Chinese CJ Youth Academy's players had a chance to rest. Turgut Soyuer made a great header on Chinese CJ Youth Academy's corner, it was just that Romania's Carol Stinga managed to reach the ball for a save. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Long Xiang Yuan in the 25th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 27th minute of play forced Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper David Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 31st minute of play forced Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper David Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chinese CJ Youth Academy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Adam Olaru was slow to take the kick. During this time Romania's players had a chance to rest. In the 35th minute, Adam Olaru ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. David Abad was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. If Rasvan Cristescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adam Olaru fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Abad having to interfere. Xu Yong Feng kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adam Olaru to make the kick off. Tytus Orling received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Carol Stinga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adam Olaru in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg David Abad saved Chinese CJ Youth Academy from getting behind. 56 minutes into the match, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Olaru came free, but David Abad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's David Abad proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Chinese CJ Youth Academy from getting a goal against them. Carol Stinga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Long Xiang Yuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. David Abad stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Adam Olaru's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. After 63 minutes, Adam Olaru made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's David Abad tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Romania made a substitution. Anton Stinga replaced Adam Olaru. Xu Yong Feng hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Alexandru Pangratiu was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 71st minute. Romania's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. 73 minutes into the match, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Anton Stinga came free, but David Abad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luan Pombo in the 74th minute of play. In the 77th minute Romania were awarded a corner. Sanda Cutov went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to Romania's Octavian Vaduva getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Carol Stinga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luan Pombo, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luan Pombo in the 79th minute of play. David Abad showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Octavian Vaduva, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. 82 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Luan Pombo came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luan Pombo in the 91st minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd match minute, Romania was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eugen Ionita to maneuver through the defense. In the 93rd minute of the match Turgut Soyuer shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Carol Stinga showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball.