Challenge

Estádio do Dragão
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Romania's Adam Olaru 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. Rafa Lojewski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Olaru in the 9th minute of play. In the 11th minute Costica Vladimiri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafa Lojewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 21stth minute of the game 董夕骏 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Romania's Carol Stinga was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rafa Lojewski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Costica Vladimiri went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 33rd minute of play forced ZHEJIANG FC's goalkeeper Rafa Lojewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 35 minutes into the match, Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 董夕骏. Costica Vladimiri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafa Lojewski having to interfere. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 董夕骏 in the 41st minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 董夕骏 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafa Lojewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ZHEJIANG FC's Rafa Lojewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Olaru in the 57th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Adam Olaru in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rafa Lojewski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With an all-out effort, Romania's Rafa Lojewski threw himself towards the right post 61 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Adam Olaru, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adam Olaru in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rafa Lojewski saved ZHEJIANG FC from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adam Olaru in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rafa Lojewski saved ZHEJIANG FC from getting behind. When the match clock showed 64 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Adam Olaru sped through ZHEJIANG FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Rafa Lojewski. Romania made a substitution. Octavian Vaduva replaced Costica Vladimiri. ZHEJIANG FC made a substitution. Ricki Dresager replaced 董夕骏. Rafa Lojewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Octavian Vaduva in the 73rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricki Dresager in the 78th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rafa Lojewski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rasvan Cristescu in the 79th minute. In the 81st minute, Anton Stinga reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rafa Lojewski. The goal made the score 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anton Stinga in the 87th minute of play forced ZHEJIANG FC's goalkeeper Rafa Lojewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Romania's zone, Damien Bakker stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carol Stinga came out of the goal and Damien Bakker tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the final whistle sounded Romania left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ZHEJIANG FC.