Challenge

Romania Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Roneixon Siqueira took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Espigão Steamrollers's zone, Alex Serban stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pablo Patrone came out of the goal and Alex Serban tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Pablo Patrone showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adam Olaru, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roneixon Siqueira in the 12th minute of the match. Pablo Patrone made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Serban in the 14th minute of play. Pablo Patrone made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Costica Vladimiri sent off a good shot on target. In the 21st match minute, Espigão Steamrollers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Fernando Azevedo to maneuver through the defense. Adam Olaru fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pablo Patrone having to interfere. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roneixon Siqueira in the 27th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Espigão Steamrollers's Zé Pedro Peixoto got a free kick in the 30th minute. In the 31st minute Roneixon Siqueira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carol Stinga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Adam Olaru kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pablo Patrone. That made the score 1-0 in the 34 minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Roneixon Siqueira came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Costica Vladimiri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Pablo Patrone made an important save on a dangerous shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 43rd minute. Roneixon Siqueira's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Carol Stinga read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 44th minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Adam Olaru made a kick off. Pablo Patrone made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Olaru in the 53rd minute of play. Pablo Patrone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 54th minute of the match. In the 56th minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pablo Patrone saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Espigão Steamrollers's Pablo Patrone played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Serban in the 59th minute of play. 60 minutes into the match, Espigão Steamrollers's Roneixon Siqueira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Carol Stinga narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 63rd minute of play forced Espigão Steamrollers's goalkeeper Pablo Patrone to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute, Adam Olaru ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pablo Patrone was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Romania made a substitution. Octavian Vaduva replaced Costica Vladimiri. Romania's Alexandru Pangratiu was substituted for Alex Serban. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roneixon Siqueira in the 71st minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A throw-in in the 74th minute of the game was made by Tiran Centrih with Manuel Faria as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. If Manuel Faria had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tarcisio Galvão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Carol Stinga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 79th match minute, Espigão Steamrollers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manuel Faria to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Romania booed when Espigão Steamrollers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zé Pedro Peixoto didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pablo Patrone showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sanda Cutov, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 82nd minute of the match, Roneixon Siqueira 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. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by Romania's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Carlos Fernando Azevedo was slow to take the kick. During this time Espigão Steamrollers's players had a chance to rest. Espigão Steamrollers's Pablo Patrone played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Octavian Vaduva in the 89th minute of play. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roneixon Siqueira in the 94th minute of play. Espigão Steamrollers's Pablo Patrone 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. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Romania fully deserved thier win.