Challenge

Gli Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Adam Olaru got the match started through his kick off. Glintung FC's Lev Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Costica Vladimiri in the 9th minute of play. Carol Stinga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giles Janda, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Romania's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Giles Janda was slow to take the kick. During this time Glintung FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Glintung FC's David Risnandar getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Lev Buffon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adam Olaru went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Lev Buffon came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by Romania's Rasvan Cristescu. But to his dismay, Rasvan Cristescu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Lev Buffon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Costica Vladimiri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 28th minute, Romania's Eugen Ionita seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Eugen Ionita the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Romania protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Eugen Ionita had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 27th minute of the game. One of Romania:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Glintung FC:s goal. 1-3 came through a penalty shot after 29 played minutes, when Glintung FC:s Giles Janda calmly waited for Romania:s goalkeeper to move before he rolled in the ball by the right post. Lev Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Costica Vladimiri in the 33rd minute of the match. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Risnandar in the 35th minute of play. In the 37th minute Costica Vladimiri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lev Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 40th minute, Alex Serban ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lev Buffon was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Costica Vladimiri in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lev Buffon saved Glintung FC from getting behind. After the first half Romania were leading 1-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bandit Idaman made a kick off. In the 52ndth minute of the game Bandit Idaman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Romania's Carol Stinga was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lev Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex Serban, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Carol Stinga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amran Karisma, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Romania made a substitution. Octavian Vaduva replaced Costica Vladimiri. Lev Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Octavian Vaduva, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Lev Buffon made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Rasvan Cristescu sent off a good shot on target. Glintung FC's Parlin Souisa was substituted for Bandit Idaman. Glintung FC made a substitution. Kasino Karisma replaced David Risnandar. The audience was convinced that Rasvan Cristescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lev Buffon was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Parlin Souisa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Octavian Vaduva could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Lev Buffon made a huge save. Alexandru Pangratiu in the 87thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Lev Buffon, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Octavian Vaduva recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 95 minutes into the match, Octavian Vaduva dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Lev Buffon, 1-5. Romania played a much better game than Glintung FC and deserved their victory. The Glintung FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.