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FC Lothlorien
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) When Adam Olaru came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Romania 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 Adam Olaru couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Adam Olaru in the 7th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Remus Pinches prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Remus Pinches showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rasvan Cristescu in the 19th minute of the match. The corner ended in Adam Olaru almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Fc Lothlorien's Remus Pinches did a great save. After 24 minutes Romania's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cristiano Cordone who took care of the corner kick. In the 27th minute Rasvan Cristescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remus Pinches saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 28 minutes, 魏凡轩 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Fc Lothlorien's supporters crossed their fingers, but 魏凡轩 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Remus Pinches showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rasvan Cristescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Remus Pinches came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Romania's Rasvan Cristescu. But to his dismay, Rasvan Cristescu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Fc Lothlorien's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cristiano Cordone in the 34th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 35th minute of play forced Fc Lothlorien's goalkeeper Remus Pinches to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by Fc Lothlorien's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Adam Olaru was slow to take the kick. During this time Romania's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Rasvan Cristescu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Remus Pinches quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 42 minutes into the match, Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Johnathan Bowden. Remus Pinches showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rasvan Cristescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. If Costica Vladimiri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Romania's Adam Olaru got a free kick in the 47th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adam Olaru to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute Costica Vladimiri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remus Pinches saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fc Lothlorien's Remus Pinches proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Fc Lothlorien from getting a goal against them. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arthur Clarke in the 59th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, Romania's Costica Vladimiri sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Remus Pinches narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 63rd minute Costica Vladimiri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remus Pinches saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Romania's Anton Stinga was substituted for Adam Olaru. Sanda Cutov made a great header on Romania's corner, it was just that Fc Lothlorien's Remus Pinches managed to reach the ball for a save. After a rather tough play, Fc Lothlorien's Aurel Lovin got a free kick in the 66th minute. Romania made a substitution. Alexandru Pangratiu replaced Alex Serban. Fc Lothlorien made a substitution. Costin Corbea replaced Silver Raudsepp. After 68 played minutes Fc Lothlorien got a freekick which was hit by Aurel Lovin. 68 minutes into the match, Fc Lothlorien's goal looked a bit too open when Anton Stinga came free, but Remus Pinches reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 71 played minutes Fc Lothlorien got a freekick which was hit by Zeki Canver. 72 minutes into the match, Romania's Octavian Vaduva sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Remus Pinches narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Remus Pinches showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anton Stinga, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. After some careless play in the Fc Lothlorien defense, Octavian Vaduva kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Remus Pinches. The Fc Lothlorien fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Remus Pinches should have stopped the shot. Fc Lothlorien made a substitution. Refugio Pagan replaced Johnathan Bowden. 90 minutes into the match, Refugio Pagan 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 Refugio Pagan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Chu Xiang Li took the ball and in the 96 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Carol Stinga. Carol Stinga dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. The Romania supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Romania would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.