Challenge

Arena de la Bestia
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Antal Valentin started the match with the kick off. Misael Darroja received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Fodor Daniel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A throw-in in the 6th minute of the game was made by Takacs Tibor with Szekeres Tamas as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Hungary's Fodor Daniel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Misael Darroja in the 11th minute of play. Radoslaw Oleszak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antal Valentin, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. After a defensive mix-up in La Bestia Negra's zone, Hegedus Henrik stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Radoslaw Oleszak came out of the goal and Hegedus Henrik tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Antal Valentin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Radoslaw Oleszak read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 18th minute of play. Hungary were awarded a corner in the 19th minute after La Bestia Negra's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Antal Valentin took the corner. After a rather tough play, Hungary's Bakos Endre got a free kick in the 19th minute. 20 minutes into the match, Hungary's goalkeeper Fodor Daniel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Misael Darroja. 22 minutes into the match, La Bestia Negra's Misael Darroja sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fodor Daniel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 24th minute Misael Darroja shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fodor Daniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Major Barna in the 27th minute of play forced La Bestia Negra's goalkeeper Radoslaw Oleszak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 36th match minute, La Bestia Negra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ulf Möller to maneuver through the defense. In the 37th minute of the match Antal Valentin sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Radoslaw Oleszak skillfully saved the ball. In the 39th minute, César Tinoco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

In the 51st minute of the match Hungary got a corner. La Bestia Negra's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Antal Valentin ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Hungary's Balazs Lajos to fire away a dangerous shot which Radoslaw Oleszak despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Radoslaw Oleszak made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Antal Valentin sent off a good shot on target. 55 minutes into the game, Misael Darroja cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Fodor Daniel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Major Barna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antal Valentin got free with Radoslaw Oleszak in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 62 minutes La Bestia Negra's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Antal Valentin who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Hungary's corner Takacs Tibor fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Radoslaw Oleszak quite easily take care of the ball. After 68 minutes of play, Hungary's Antal Valentin made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Radoslaw Oleszak was left in no man's land by his defense there! Misael Darroja's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fodor Daniel read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 70th minute of play. Antal Valentin's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Radoslaw Oleszak firmly grabbed it by the left post. Antal Valentin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Radoslaw Oleszak having to interfere. Ulf Möller charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ulf Möller the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 78th match minute, La Bestia Negra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ulf Möller to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 80 minutes, Balazs Lajos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hungary's supporters crossed their fingers, but Balazs Lajos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 85 minutes into the match, Hungary's goal looked a bit too open when Misael Darroja came free, but Fodor Daniel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Hungary's zone, Misael Darroja stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fodor Daniel came out of the goal and Misael Darroja tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 90th minute the ball was on its way in behind Hungary's goalkeeper Fodor Daniel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Hungary players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.