Challenge

Cura Land
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Hungary's Antal Valentin started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a defensive mix-up in Hungary's zone, Alfred Pawelczyk stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fodor Daniel came out of the goal and Alfred Pawelczyk tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 10 played minutes Cura del Futbol got a freekick which was hit by Silvano Peruxu. Fodor Daniel made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Alfred Pawelczyk sent off a good shot on target. 17 minutes into the match, Cura del Futbol's goal looked a bit too open when Antal Valentin came free, but Jiang Lei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Cura del Futbol defense, Balazs Lajos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jiang Lei. The Cura del Futbol fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jiang Lei should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Hungary getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Bakos Endre hit a great ball. Cura del Futbol's Jiang Lei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Balazs Lajos in the 29th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Balazs Lajos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jiang Lei. Cura del Futbol's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Balazs Lajos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. 34 minutes into the match, Cura del Futbol's goal looked a bit too open when Antal Valentin came free, but Jiang Lei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 36 minutes into the game, Hungary's Major Barna nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jiang Lei made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Jiang Lei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Major Barna, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 43rd minute Major Barna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jiang Lei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Takacs Tibor had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The Cura del Futbol players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Hungary were winning 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alfred Pawelczyk to make the kick off. In the 54th minute of the match Cura del Futbol got a corner. Hungary's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kurt Groll ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Cura del Futbol's corner Kurt Groll fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Fodor Daniel quite easily take care of the ball. Hungary's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Antal Valentin in the 58th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antal Valentin got free with Jiang Lei in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Major Barna could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Jiang Lei made a huge save. After 61 played minutes Cura del Futbol got a freekick which was hit by Alfred Pawelczyk. 62 minutes into the game, one of Cura del Futbol:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Jiang Lei went to the wrong direction when Antal Valentin was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hegedus Henrik in the 70th minute of play forced Cura del Futbol's goalkeeper Jiang Lei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cura del Futbol's Jiang Lei proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save Cura del Futbol from getting a goal against them. After 77 played minutes Cura del Futbol got a freekick which was hit by Raul Abadia. With a little luck, Cura del Futbol's Jiang Lei got control of the ball when Antal Valentin tried to sneak it across the goal line. Hungary's Antal Valentin got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Hungary's Katona Janos got a free kick in the 98th minute.