Challenge

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Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 5 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Okan Koc. In the 6th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Martin Crețu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Okan Koc, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Okan Koc had several of the USA's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 13 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Marco Day as he didn't even see the shot coming. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 18th minute of play forced Stiinta-Univ.'s goalkeeper Martin Crețu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute Shi Ming Sheng shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shi Ming Sheng, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Martin Crețu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. If Shi Ming Sheng had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A nice corner shot did that Tomasz Gacek got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 42 minutes into the match, Cassius Byrne had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Martin Crețu. Stiinta-Univ.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cassius Byrne was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. 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.

Stiinta-Univ.'s Șerban Rușanu was substituted for Virgil Oargă. 55 minutes into the game, Aurel Panait was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Stiinta-Univ.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave USA the free kick. Aurel Panait kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. 56 minutes into the match, Stiinta-Univ.'s goalkeeper Martin Crețu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Martin Crețu in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Martin Crețu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. 61 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Shi Ming Sheng came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shi Ming Sheng in the 63rd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Martin Crețu made a huge save. 69 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Shi Ming Sheng came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 75 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Shi Ming Sheng came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 77 minutes into the match, Stiinta-Univ.'s goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Martin Crețu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Valeriu Morovan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. Martin Crețu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khalid Parry in the 84th minute of the match. Sam Campbell made a great header on USA's corner, it was just that Stiinta-Univ.'s Martin Crețu managed to reach the ball for a save. Martin Crețu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Martin Crețu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khalid Parry in the 95th minute of the match. 97 minutes into the game, USA's Jacob May nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Martin Crețu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2.