Challenge

Colosseum
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Adam Olaru got the match started through his kick off. In the 10th minute Adam Olaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Uriel Malvin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 11 minutes Empire of Soccer's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Adam Olaru who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Cosmin Barbulescu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Uriel Malvin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 14 minutes into the game, Romania's Costica Vladimiri nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Uriel Malvin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After a defensive mix-up in Empire of Soccer's zone, Adam Olaru stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Uriel Malvin came out of the goal and Adam Olaru tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Uriel Malvin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 20th minute of the match. In the 23rd minute Romania were awarded a corner. Adam Olaru went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to Romania's Alex Serban getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Carol Stinga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ladislao Harriet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ladislao Harriet in the 25th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Teukros Diplarakos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carol Stinga was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Uriel Malvin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costica Vladimiri in the 32nd minute of play. Gerson Cruzado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carol Stinga having to interfere. Uriel Malvin came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by Romania's Adam Olaru. But to his dismay, Adam Olaru quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 42nd minute, Costica Vladimiri made a precise shot to the right of Uriel Malvin. Empire of Soccer's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The wind increased when Teukros Diplarakos made the kick off in the second half. Uriel Malvin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costica Vladimiri in the 50th minute of play. When Alex Serban came up free with the goalie in the 51st 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 Alex Serban couldn't finish the play. 54 minutes into the match, Empire of Soccer's goal looked a bit too open when Costica Vladimiri came free, but Uriel Malvin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 57 minutes into the match, Costica Vladimiri dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Uriel Malvin, 0-4. 64 minutes into the match, Alex Serban notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Empire of Soccer's Uriel Malvin. Uriel Malvin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Romania's Octavian Vaduva was substituted for Costica Vladimiri. Romania's Alexandru Pangratiu was substituted for Alex Serban. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ladislao Harriet in the 76th minute of play. When Romania's Octavian Vaduva in the 79th minute got a chance for a shot 79th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Empire of Soccer's goalie prevented a goal. Uriel Malvin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Octavian Vaduva in the 86th minute of play. Uriel Malvin was out of position in the 90 minute of play, and Octavian Vaduva capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Octavian Vaduva really showed his touch with that goal: 0-6. After a rather tough play, Empire of Soccer's Teukros Diplarakos got a free kick in the 92nd minute. In the 94th minute Octavian Vaduva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Uriel Malvin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match was over Romania could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Empire of Soccer throughout the match.