Challenge

Ricardo Garviras
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Adam Olaru made the kick off which started today's match. Roneros F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cordero Aberasturi in the 7th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Romania's goalie and right to Ortiz Apellaniz. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Romania's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Roneros F.C.'s Ricardo Ceberiche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Olaru in the 10th minute of play. Ricardo Ceberiche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 17th minute of the match. Romania's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Adam Olaru in the 18th minute. In the 24th minute, Carlos Gardel got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Roneros F.C.'s Ricardo Ceberiche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 26th minute of play. Witomir Jestrimski had several of the Romania's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 28 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-1 score and a disappointed Carol Stinga as he didn't even see the shot coming. Thanks to some nice moves Alejandro Espina could shoot a difficult shot in the 32nd minute, which Carol Stinga however easily saved by the left post. In the 33rd minute of the match Roneros F.C. got a corner. Romania's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cordero Aberasturi ran over to the corner to take the kick. Cordero Aberasturi made a great header on Roneros F.C.'s corner, it was just that Romania's Carol Stinga managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 37th minute of the match, Witomir Jestrimski tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Carol Stinga saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Roneros F.C.'s Ricardo Ceberiche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Olaru in the 41st minute of play. In the 43rd minute Costica Vladimiri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Ceberiche saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ricardo Ceberiche made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costica Vladimiri in the 43rd minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Witomir Jestrimski to make the kick off. Costica Vladimiri could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Ricardo Ceberiche made a huge save. Ricardo Ceberiche made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sanda Cutov in the 58th minute of play. With a little luck, Roneros F.C.'s Ricardo Ceberiche got control of the ball when Filip Stefan tried to sneak it across the goal line. 65 minutes into the match, Roneros F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Adam Olaru came free, but Ricardo Ceberiche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Sanda Cutov came up free with the goalie in the 68th 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 Sanda Cutov couldn't finish the play. Romania made a substitution. Octavian Vaduva replaced Costica Vladimiri. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vasile Ciumak in the 71st minute of play forced Roneros F.C.'s goalkeeper Ricardo Ceberiche to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 75 minutes into the match, Roneros F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Sanda Cutov came free, but Ricardo Ceberiche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sanda Cutov in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ricardo Ceberiche prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Cordero Aberasturi fell near the penalty area in the 78th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Roneros F.C.'s protests and gave Cordero Aberasturi a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Romania booed when Roneros F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cordero Aberasturi didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 79th minute Anton Stinga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Ceberiche saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sanda Cutov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ricardo Ceberiche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sanda Cutov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alejandro Espina in the 85th minute of play. Sanda Cutov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ricardo Ceberiche having to make a save. Roneros F.C.'s Ricardo Ceberiche proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Roneros F.C. from getting a goal against them. Ricardo Ceberiche stood somewhat misplaced when Sanda Cutov came free in front of goal and shot 2-3 to the left of him in the 88 minute. Ke Yin got a throw-in 93 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Obregón Pardemanos. The Roneros F.C. supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Romania's performance. The match ended with a win for Romania.