Challenge

Romania Arena
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Flavio Cifuentes made the kick off which started today's match. Flavio Cifuentes'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 4th minute of play. Norbert Dabrowski made a great header on Taltum FC's corner, it was just that Romania's Carol Stinga managed to reach the ball for a save. Flavio Cifuentes might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Carol Stinga. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Flavio Cifuentes ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 7th minute Flavio Cifuentes 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. Taltum FC's Zhang Hao Qing played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Serban in the 9th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 10th minute of play forced Taltum FC's goalkeeper Zhang Hao Qing to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 15th minute Costica Vladimiri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zhang Hao Qing saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Costica Vladimiris short, quick shot in the 20thth minute got Zhang Hao Qing to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 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 21st minute. Carol Stinga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Flavio Cifuentes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 28 played minutes Taltum FC got a freekick which was hit by Marcelo Cavenaghi. Zhang Hao Qing made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Costica Vladimiri sent off a good shot on target. Sanda Cutov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Through an outstanding action, after 35 minutes, Zhang Hao Qing successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Sanda Cutov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Zhang Hao Qing made a huge save. The Romania fans' excitement grew in the 40th match minute when Romania's Sanda Cutov looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adam Olaru to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 58th minute of play forced Taltum FC's goalkeeper Zhang Hao Qing to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Cifuentes blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Carol Stinga having to make a save. Romania's Anton Stinga was substituted for Adam Olaru. 64 minutes into the match, Marcelo Cavenaghi notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Romania's Carol Stinga. Carol Stinga was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Taltum FC's Urtsin Copeiro was substituted for Di Le Jun. Taltum FC's Espinosa Marco was substituted for Marcelo Cavenaghi. Romania's Octavian Vaduva was substituted for Costica Vladimiri. After a rather tough play, Romania's Alex Serban got a free kick in the 70th minute. After 75 minutes of play, Romania's Sanda Cutov made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zhang Hao Qing was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 81st minute, Sanda Cutov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Romania fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Taltum FC's Zhang Hao Qing played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Octavian Vaduva in the 84th minute of play. After 89 minutes of play, Romania's Octavian Vaduva made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zhang Hao Qing was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Anton Stinga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zhang Hao Qing was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Romania had played much better football throughout.