Challenge

Cluj Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sreten Popovic got the match started through his kick off. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eliodor Balaci in the 5th minute of play. With a little luck, Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic got control of the ball when Silviu Bărbătescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 12th minute, Serbia's Cvijetin Nanusevski seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Cvijetin Nanusevski the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Serbia protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Cvijetin Nanusevski had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in Serbia fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 11th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Wolves Academy a penalty, 14 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Alexandru Timaru, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. 1-1. In the 20th minute, Wolves Academy's Aron Condescu ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. Serbia's Zivko Cvetkovic managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Alexandru Timaru in the 23 minute of the game. With a little luck, Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic got control of the ball when Teodor Braia tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alex Onciu made in the 32nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Alexandru Timaru. After 37 minutes of play, Wolves Academy's Eliodor Balaci made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was left in no man's land by his defense there! 41 minutes into the match, Silviu Bărbătescu notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aron Condescu in the 45th minute of play forced Serbia's goalkeeper Zvezdan Nedeljkovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Borjan Golubovic during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 46th minute, Borjan Golubovic hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Teodor Braia was the one to do the kick off. When Teodor Braia came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Wolves Academy 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 Teodor Braia couldn't finish the play. 54 minutes into the match, Aron Condescu notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of Serbia's Zvezdan Nedeljkovic. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alex Onciu made in the 60th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Serbia's Miljan Gavrilovic. 71 minutes into the match, Serbia's goal looked a bit too open when Eliodor Balaci came free, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Eliodor Balaci came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Wolves Academy 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 Eliodor Balaci couldn't finish the play. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aron Condescu in the 81st minute of the match. In the 87th minute, Borjan Golubovic hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A sloppy throw-in by Petru Hudiță in the 91st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Serbia's Borjan Golubovic. 92 minutes into the match, Wolves Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Borjan Golubovic came free, but Radu Ciordaș reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 92nd minute, Cosmin Mestecăneanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silviu Bărbătescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.