Challenge

Romania Arena
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Adam Olaru started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ defense, Costica Vladimiri kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nicasio Abad. The Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nicasio Abad should have stopped the shot. Nicasio Abad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Olaru in the 6th minute of play. Nicasio Abad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Costica Vladimiri in the 12th minute of the match. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Nicasio Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Olaru in the 14th minute of play. 17 minutes into the match, Pietro Salles had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carol Stinga. Romania's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pietro Salles was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Sanda Cutov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 20 minutes into the match, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goalkeeper Nicasio Abad had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sanda Cutov. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pietro Salles in the 27th minute of the match. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Nicasio Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Olaru in the 29th minute of play. When Romania's Adam Olaru, in the 30th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Romania. Nicasio Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sanda Cutov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 33rd minute Alex Serban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicasio Abad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Nicasio Abad got control of the ball when Sanda Cutov tried to sneak it across the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goalkeeper Nicasio Abad had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sanda Cutov. Vasile Ciumak was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 40th minute. Romania's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Pietro Salles managed to get in a good position for a shot. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s supporters rose to their feet, but Pietro Salles was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Carol Stinga breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nicasio Abad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sanda Cutov in the 44th minute of play. The Romania players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ were winning 1-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Pietro Salles made a kick off. Sanda Cutov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Adam Olaru had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ made a substitution. Peter Blomkvist replaced Pietro Salles. Romania's Anton Stinga was substituted for Adam Olaru. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sanda Cutov in the 62nd minute of play forced Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goalkeeper Nicasio Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicasio Abad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Serban in the 64th minute of the match. Nicasio Abad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anton Stinga in the 67th minute of play. 70 minutes into the match, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goal looked a bit too open when Anton Stinga came free, but Nicasio Abad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Romania were awarded a corner in the 77th minute after Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sanda Cutov took the corner. Kosmas Banasopoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 82 minutes, Peter Blomkvist took a quick shot and it went in 2-4 without a chance for Carol Stinga to make any attempt to save it. 85 minutes into the match, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goal looked a bit too open when Sanda Cutov came free, but Nicasio Abad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nicasio Abad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sanda Cutov in the 85th minute of the match. 87 minutes into the game, Peter Blomkvist cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-5. Carol Stinga was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Alexandru Pangratiu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nicasio Abad having to make a save. Vasile Ciumak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Nicasio Abad tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Romania's Sanda Cutov got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Nicasio Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anton Stinga in the 95th minute of play. When the final whistle went the supporters of Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant Romania side.