Challenge

Romania Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Vince Santo started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute of the match, Adam Olaru tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Mirza Olgunsoy saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 5 minutes SEFEROĞULLARI'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. Mirza Olgunsoy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 6th minute of the match. 11 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Szilveszter Zarka came free, but Carol Stinga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Costica Vladimiri got free with Mirza Olgunsoy in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Carol Stinga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vince Santo in the 19th minute of the match. Mirza Olgunsoy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Olaru in the 20th minute of the match. SEFEROĞULLARI's Mirza Olgunsoy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save SEFEROĞULLARI from getting a goal against them. Szilveszter Zarka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Carol Stinga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Szilveszter Zarka, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. In the 29th minute of the match SEFEROĞULLARI got a corner. Romania's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Szilveszter Zarka ran over to the corner to take the kick. SEFEROĞULLARI's Szilveszter Zarka was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Carol Stinga in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Mirza Olgunsoy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adam Olaru in the 31st minute. Adam Olaru spun around in front of the goal 33 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of SEFEROĞULLARI's goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Vince Santo in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Carol Stinga saved Romania from getting behind. Szilveszter Zarka fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carol Stinga having to interfere. Mirza Olgunsoy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Costica Vladimiri in the 47th minute of the match. SEFEROĞULLARI's Mirza Olgunsoy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save SEFEROĞULLARI from getting a goal against them. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Adam Olaru to strike the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Müjdat Özcan during the 50th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a defensive mix-up in Romania's zone, Gancho Nakov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carol Stinga came out of the goal and Gancho Nakov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the SEFEROĞULLARI defense, Anton Stinga kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mirza Olgunsoy. The SEFEROĞULLARI fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mirza Olgunsoy should have stopped the shot. SEFEROĞULLARI made a substitution. Tao Ao Xing replaced Vince Santo. Romania's Carol Stinga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jardel Cabezon in the 70th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jardel Cabezon in the 72nd minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Carol Stinga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mirza Olgunsoy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Costica Vladimiri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jardel Cabezon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Carol Stinga made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jardel Cabezon in the 79th minute. When Romania's Costica Vladimiri in the 81st minute got a chance for a shot 81st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SEFEROĞULLARI's goalie prevented a goal. Mirza Olgunsoy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Stinga in the 82nd minute of the match. If Alex Serban had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mirza Olgunsoy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anton Stinga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 88th minute Jardel Cabezon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carol Stinga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavian Vaduva in the 92nd minute of play forced SEFEROĞULLARI's goalkeeper Mirza Olgunsoy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Anton Stinga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mirza Olgunsoy was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. In the 95th match minute, Romania was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rasvan Cristescu to maneuver through the defense.