Challenge

Coloseum Arena
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jonathan Alphonse took the kick off in the first half of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Michal Vondrášek during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jiří Giňa in the 7th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Noel Seide prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A throw-in in the 9th minute of the game was made by Pavel Rozsypal with Jiří Giňa as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 14th minute, Rodney Emmanuel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 17 minutes into the match, David Píša dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Noel Seide, 2-0. Noel Seide made an important save on a dangerous shot by David Píša in the 20th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as AS Roma 1978's Jiří Giňa slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Noel Seide. That made the score 3-0 after 21 minutes of play. After 26 played minutes Haiti got a freekick which was hit by Ernso Constant. AS Roma 1978's Leopold Haas shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 27th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Noel Seide but with some difficulty. When Jiří Giňa fell near the penalty area in the 28th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AS Roma 1978's protests and gave Jiří Giňa a yellow card for diving instead. 31 minutes into the game, Leopold Haas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. AS Roma 1978's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Haiti the free kick. In the 31st minute, Leopold Haas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jean Marie Alcius during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Jiří Giňa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Noel Seide having to interfere. After 44 minutes, Rodney Emmanuel mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Haiti and the AS Roma 1978 players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 44th match minute, Haiti was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodney Emmanuel to maneuver through the defense. Noel Seide made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vincent Andrš in the 46th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Martin Odehnal made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Ernso Constant hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Martin Odehnal in the 53rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Noel Seide saved Haiti from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Odehnal in the 55th minute of play forced Haiti's goalkeeper Noel Seide to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Noel Seide took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Odehnal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 59 played minutes AS Roma 1978 got a freekick which was hit by Jan Jakub. David Píša might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Noel Seide. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. David Píša ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 71st minute, Rodney Emmanuel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leopold Haas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Noel Seide tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Haiti's Noel Seide played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Píša in the 77th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Jiří Giňa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Noel Seide was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. 80 minutes into the match, AS Roma 1978's Martin Odehnal sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Noel Seide narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers David Píša in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Noel Seide saved Haiti from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Jiří Giňa managed to get in a good position for a shot. AS Roma 1978's supporters rose to their feet, but Jiří Giňa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Noel Seide breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 84th minute, Jiří Giňa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Noel Seide was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. After a defensive mix-up in Haiti's zone, David Píša stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Noel Seide came out of the goal and David Píša tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Leopold Haas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Noel Seide came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by AS Roma 1978's David Píša. But to his dismay, David Píša quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. When the referee ended the match the AS Roma 1978 players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.