Challenge

San Siro
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Haiti's Jonathan Alphonse started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Noel Seide was out of position in the 2 minute of play, and Robert Grămescu capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Robert Grămescu really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Manuel Bărăians short, quick shot in the 6thth minute got Noel Seide to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 7 played minutes Haiti got a freekick which was hit by Ernso Constant. The audience thought a goal was coming when Virgil Iacobescu got free with Noel Seide in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, AC Milan Tigers's Leonard Mălăele got a free kick in the 14th minute. Jonathan Alphonse took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Moise Nicorici. Moise Nicorici dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Noel Seide made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Robert Grămescu sent off a good shot on target. The throw-in from Vlad Stănciulaş in the 24th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Haiti's Rodney Emmanuel. In the 25th minute Ernso Constant shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Moise Nicorici saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Manuel Bărăian in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Noel Seide saved Haiti from getting behind. Robert Grămescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Noel Seide tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 30 minutes into the match, Grigore Dumitrache had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Noel Seide. Haiti's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Grigore Dumitrache was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. With a little luck, Haiti's Noel Seide got control of the ball when Grigore Dumitrache tried to sneak it across the goal line. 33 minutes into the game, Ernso Constant was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Haiti's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave AC Milan Tigers the free kick. In the 34th minute, Ernso Constant hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vlad Stănciulaş made in the 36th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Iustinian Curcă immediately put the ball in play. Haiti's Ernso Constant got his second yellow card of the match in the 41st minute. The referee ordered Ernso Constant off the ground. A collision led to Haiti getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Ernso Constant hit a great ball. Iosif Stratulat took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 42nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Noel Seide. Haiti's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 44 minutes into the game, Vlad Stănciulaş threw the ball into play from the sideline. Haiti's Jonathan Alphonse quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The wind increased when Virgil Iacobescu made the kick off in the second half. Noel Seide made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ion Donciu in the 51st minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jonathan Alphonse during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Haiti getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Jonathan Alphonse hit a great ball. 54 minutes into the match, Haiti's goal looked a bit too open when Doru Isărescu came free, but Noel Seide reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 57th minute Ion Donciu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Noel Seide saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The AC Milan Tigers fans' excitement grew in the 59th match minute when AC Milan Tigers's Virgil Iacobescu looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Virgil Iacobescu in the 63rd minute of play forced Haiti's goalkeeper Noel Seide to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Noel Seide showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grigore Dumitrache in the 64th minute of the match. A collision led to Haiti getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Saint Jean Pierre hit a great ball. In the 68th minute Ion Donciu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Noel Seide saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Noel Seide showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Grămescu in the 69th minute of the match. Noel Seide didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Virgil Iacobescu went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. Iosif Stratulat made in the 75th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Haiti's Jean Marie Alcius. In the 76th minute, Virgil Iacobescu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AC Milan Tigers fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ion Donciu in the 85th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Noel Seide saved Haiti from getting behind.