Czech Republic Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34,
Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Erik Jilek made the kick off which started today's match. Davi de Salles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Rusil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Severin Vatrachki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In a very dangerous position, a player in Czech Republic fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 14th minute. Penalty! Vavrinec Holub didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Amanda Plaza went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 30th minute, Amanda Plaza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vavrinec Holub was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. After having played for 33 minutes, Amanda Plaza managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Steaua Nordului's supporters crossed their fingers, but Amanda Plaza was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. David Rusil hit a great ball. Vavrinec Holub didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Steaua Nordului's Severin Vatrachki shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-3 in the ordered_time% minute. 40 minutes into the match, Severin Vatrachki notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub. Vavrinec Holub was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Amanda Plaza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vavrinec Holub having to interfere. After the first half Steaua Nordului were leading 1-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Severin Vatrachki stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francisc Zberea in the 53rd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Severin Vatrachki got free with Vavrinec Holub in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The nice shot from Severin Vatrachki in the 55thth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Vavrinec Holub had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. In the 56th minute, Czech Republic's Valdemar Turecek seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Valdemar Turecek the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Czech Republic protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Valdemar Turecek had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 55th minute, one of Czech Republic:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Czech Republic. Vavrinec Holub had in the 58thth minute some difficulties stopping Eduard Mărculescu's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 61 minutes into the match, Czech Republic's goal looked a bit too open when Amanda Plaza came free, but Vavrinec Holub reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Nichifor Dobrinescu kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Vavrinec Holub. That made the score 1-6 in the 67 minute of play. Vavrinec Holub didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Steaua Nordului's Severin Vatrachki shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-7 in the ordered_time% minute. After having played for 73 minutes, Amanda Plaza managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Steaua Nordului's supporters crossed their fingers, but Amanda Plaza was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Severin Vatrachki got free with Vavrinec Holub in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 79th match minute, Steaua Nordului was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduard Mărculescu to maneuver through the defense. When Teodor Hreapcă fell near the penalty area in the 81st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Steaua Nordului's protests and gave Teodor Hreapcă a yellow card for diving instead. In the 81st match minute, Steaua Nordului was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teodor Hreapcă to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Steaua Nordului booed when Czech Republic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Rusil didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 88th minute the ball was on its way in behind Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Steaua Nordului's Teodor Hreapcă got a free kick in the 89th minute. Vavrinec Holub didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 94th minute, which inside left pole to 1-8. Vavrinec Holub made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amanda Plaza in the 97th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Steaua Nordului left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Czech Republic.
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