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Anfield - Love Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Adam Olaru made the kick off and thus started the match. Niculae Ailenei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Olaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 2 minutes into the match, Adam Olaru had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Niculae Ailenei. Chevaliers FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adam Olaru was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Antonio Navarro's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 9thth minute, Carol Stinga skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Carol Stinga made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Antonio Navarro sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antonio Navarro got free with Carol Stinga in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 17th minute of the match, Chris-George Chevalier got a very nice opportunity to score, but Carol Stinga was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. With a little luck, Romania's Carol Stinga got control of the ball when Cristinel Pandele tried to sneak it across the goal line. The corner ended in Sorin Gurgui almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Romania's Carol Stinga did a great save. Niculae Ailenei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Costica Vladimiri, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. If Alex Serban had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Niculae Ailenei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 36th minute of the match. In the 38th minute Costica Vladimiri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niculae Ailenei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 45 minutes into the game, Romania's Adam Olaru nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Niculae Ailenei made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Antonio Navarro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Chevaliers FC's Nikola Vlašić got a free kick in the 54th minute. In the 56th minute, Adam Olaru got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Carol Stinga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonio Navarro in the 61st minute of play. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chevaliers FC'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. Carol Stinga didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cristinel Pandele went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Romania's Alexandru Pangratiu was substituted for Alex Serban. In the 72nd minute, Cosmin Barbulescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Carol Stinga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chris-George Chevalier, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Chevaliers FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sorin Gurgui in the 77th minute. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristinel Pandele in the 86th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Chevaliers FC's Sorin Gurgui got a free kick in the 87th minute. 90 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chevaliers FC'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. In the 91st minute Romania were awarded a corner. Sanda Cutov went to the cornerflag to take it. Romania's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.