Challenge

Switzerland Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) White StarZ's Mircea Berceanu 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. After 4 minutes, Mircea Berceanu made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Switzerland's Hias Nüssli tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match had gone on for 9 minutes, Mircea Berceanu put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Hias Nüssli. 14 minutes into the match, Fausto Bertol had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hias Nüssli. Switzerland's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fausto Bertol was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. If Fausto Bertol had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 18th minute, Mircea Berceanu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The White StarZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Mircea Berceanu managed to get in a good position for a shot. White StarZ's supporters rose to their feet, but Mircea Berceanu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hias Nüssli breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Mircea Berceanu came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the White StarZ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Mircea Berceanu couldn't finish the play. Mircea Berceanu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hias Nüssli having to interfere. 35 minutes into the match, White StarZ's goalkeeper Gonçalo Vides had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jacinto Maurer. In the 37th minute, Mircea Berceanu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hias Nüssli was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. Hias Nüssli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mircea Berceanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. After the first half White StarZ were leading 0-9. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

White StarZ's Harald Helmfelt was substituted for Marco Mingo. After some careless play in the Switzerland defense, Mircea Berceanu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hias Nüssli. The Switzerland fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hias Nüssli should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Switzerland getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Gustav Iseli hit a great ball. In a very dangerous position, a player in Switzerland fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 60th minute. Penalty! Mircea Berceanu shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. 63 minutes into the game, Gustav Iseli threw the ball into play from the sideline. White StarZ's Ricardo Pacorro quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After 64th play minutes Mircea Berceanu shot 0-11, a short shot which went by Hias Nüssli and just under the crossbar into goal. Mircea Berceanu received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Hias Nüssli came out and tried to block the shot, but Mircea Berceanu slotted it home off the left post making it 0-12 in the 67th minute. 77 minutes into the match, Switzerland's goalkeeper Hias Nüssli had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fausto Bertol. With his leg Hias Nüssli managed to avoid a goal in the 82ndth minute, when White StarZ's Fausto Bertol fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The audience was convinced that Mircea Berceanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hias Nüssli was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. Hias Nüssli had great luck who in the 89thth minute grab hold of the ball when Mircea Berceanu from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. In the 90th minute of the match White StarZ got a corner. Switzerland's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Herkko Viitaluoma ran over to the corner to take the kick. Federico Wiesendanger tried in the game's 91st match minute to clear up in front of his own goal but it went so bad that he put the ball into the goal to the left of an unhappy Hias Nüssli. An annoying self made goal, 0-14. In the 94th play minute Fausto Bertol came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Hias Nüssli. 0-15. When the match had gone on for 99 minutes, Mircea Berceanu took a quick shot and it went in 0-16 without a chance for Hias Nüssli to make any attempt to save it. White StarZ's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.