Challenge

Ostroveni Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Slovakia's Metod Mlynar 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. If Oliver Holub had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mihai Paulică's late challenge caught a Slovakia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mihai Paulică helped the player get up and apologised. In the 6th minute, Mihai Paulică hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Ilie Enceanu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Luca Buricea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 13th minute, but Henrich Slany got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving Slovakia hanging dry this time. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Daniel Suchy during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Daniel Suchy hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Silviu Lung showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Metod Mlynar in the 21st minute of the match. Silviu Lung showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oliver Holub, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. The supporters of FC Ostroveni booed when Slovakia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vavrinec Koleno didn't get a good kick on the ball. FC Ostroveni's Silviu Lung played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Metod Mlynar in the 35th minute of play. During the 37th minute of the match Daniel Suchy completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Daniel Suchy a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Daniel Suchy hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Vavrinec Koleno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Silviu Lung having to interfere. Ondrej Biskup was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 46 minutes into the match. Ondrej Biskup hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match.

The wind increased when Luca Buricea made the kick off in the second half. After 58 played minutes FC Ostroveni got a freekick which was hit by Maxim Stolniceanu. In the 73rd minute, Luca Buricea ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Henrich Slany was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. If Oliver Holub had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Luca Buricea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The FC Ostroveni support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.