Challenge

Romania Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Adam Olaru got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, FC Luck's Sever Patriciu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Carol Stinga narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Roch Cieslak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Olaru in the 5th minute of play. After 6 minutes of play, FC Luck's Narcis Voinescu 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! An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 9th minute of play forced FC Luck's goalkeeper Roch Cieslak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roch Cieslak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sanda Cutov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sever Patriciu in the 18th minute of play. Roch Cieslak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Olaru in the 19th minute of play. After 20 minutes FC Luck's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Adam Olaru who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Romania's corner Costica Vladimiri fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Roch Cieslak quite easily take care of the ball. Roch Cieslak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Olaru in the 24th minute of play. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sever Patriciu in the 26th minute of play. When Adam Olaru came up free with the goalie in the 27th 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 Adam Olaru couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sanda Cutov in the 30th minute of play forced FC Luck's goalkeeper Roch Cieslak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner ended in Adam Olaru almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Luck's Roch Cieslak did a great save. Roch Cieslak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 34th minute of the match, Costica Vladimiri got a very nice opportunity to score, but Roch Cieslak was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Romania were awarded a corner in the 35th minute after FC Luck's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Adam Olaru took the corner. The corner led Romania's Cosmin Barbulescu to a score. 2-1 in the 35th minute. 39 minutes into the match, FC Luck's goal looked a bit too open when Costica Vladimiri came free, but Roch Cieslak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Costica Vladimiri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roch Cieslak having to interfere. In the 45th minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roch Cieslak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alex Serban struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. Roch Cieslak didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Romania. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sever Patriciu to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute Sever Patriciu 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sever Patriciu in the 53rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Carol Stinga saved Romania from getting behind. In the 57th minute Romania were awarded a corner. Sanda Cutov went to the cornerflag to take it. Romania's Carol Stinga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Romania from getting a goal against them. In the 62nd minute Rasvan Cristescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roch Cieslak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Romania's Carol Stinga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Romania from getting a goal against them. FC Luck's Roch Cieslak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 65th minute of play. Roch Cieslak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costica Vladimiri in the 70th minute of play. Sever Patriciu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carol Stinga having to interfere. Romania's Octavian Vaduva was substituted for Costica Vladimiri. Romania made a substitution. Alexandru Pangratiu replaced Alex Serban. 3-1 became the score in the 74th minute when Anton Stinga elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 79thth minute of the game Anton Stinga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Luck's Roch Cieslak was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 85 minutes into the match, Romania's Octavian Vaduva sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roch Cieslak narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Octavian Vaduva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Roch Cieslak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 92 minutes into the match, Octavian Vaduva notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of FC Luck's Roch Cieslak. Roch Cieslak was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 95 minutes into the game, Alexandru Pangratiu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Roch Cieslak was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. There was no doubt that Romania were the better team. Romania's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.