Challenge

Catalina Pego
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Momo Sampler started the match with the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alex Serban in the 3rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aurelio Lehen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 4th minute Romania were awarded a corner. Adam Olaru went to the cornerflag to take it. Vasile Ciumak made a great header on Romania's corner, it was just that FUF F.C's Aurelio Lehen managed to reach the ball for a save. Atabek Ula hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. In the 9th minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aurelio Lehen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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 9th minute. After taking down the ball on Romania's corner Filip Stefan fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Aurelio Lehen quite easily take care of the ball. The corner ended in Adam Olaru almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FUF F.C's Aurelio Lehen did a great save. Romania's Carol Stinga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Romania from getting a goal against them. Rasvan Cristescu hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. After 29 minutes Romania's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Atabek Ula who took care of the corner kick. Zacarias Austin 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. Carol Stinga made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Momo Sampler sent off a good shot on target. When Costica Vladimiri came up free with the goalie in the 42nd 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 Costica Vladimiri couldn't finish the play. In the 47th minute, Adam Olaru made a precise shot to the right of Aurelio Lehen. FUF F.C's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adam Olaru to make the kick off. When Romania's Adam Olaru in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FUF F.C's goalie prevented a goal. The Romania fans' excitement grew in the 54th match minute when Romania's Adam Olaru 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 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Olaru in the 57th minute of play forced FUF F.C's goalkeeper Aurelio Lehen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Alex Serban had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. FUF F.C's Maciej Jus was substituted for Momo Sampler. Romania made a substitution. Octavian Vaduva replaced Costica Vladimiri. Romania's Anton Stinga was substituted for Adam Olaru. FUF F.C's Aurelio Lehen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anton Stinga in the 69th minute of play. In the 70th minute, Sergio Bihar ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Carol Stinga was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. FUF F.C's Edelmiro Resto was substituted for Hipolito Dalmau. Aurelio Lehen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexandru Pangratiu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aurelio Lehen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anton Stinga in the 78th minute of play. FUF F.C's Aurelio Lehen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anton Stinga in the 80th minute of play. FUF F.C made a substitution. Eustacio Stephen replaced Atabek Ula. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by FUF F.C's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sanda Cutov was slow to take the kick. During this time Romania's players had a chance to rest. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anton Stinga got free with Aurelio Lehen in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Anton Stinga scored 1-3 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aurelio Lehen, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Anton Stinga might have been able to make a better finish in the 93rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aurelio Lehen. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Anton Stinga ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 95thth minute of the game Anton Stinga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FUF F.C's Aurelio Lehen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.