Challenge

Gypsy King Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mihnea Bobei took the kick off in the first half of the match. Mihnea Bobei in the 4thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Benito Sanz, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Benito Sanz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mihnea Bobei in the 11th minute. In the 12th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eliseo Noboa to maneuver through the defense. After 14 played minutes Romanian Kings FC got a freekick which was hit by Victor Hamilton. After 17 minutes, Michal Janota mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Romanian Kings FC and the Costa Rica players grew even worse after the yellow card. When Eliseo Noboa came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Costa Rica fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Eliseo Noboa couldn't finish the play. Benito Sanz didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Romanian Kings FC's Michal Janota shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Alan Moruga hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihnea Bobei in the 30th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aaron Alcocer to maneuver through the defense. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Geronimo Gartxot in the 35th minute of play. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mihnea Bobei in the 36th minute of the match. 40 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Mihnea Bobei came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Romanian Kings FC defense, Axel Tasis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Martin Huf. The Romanian Kings FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Martin Huf should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Romanian Kings FC's Geronimo Gartxot slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Benito Sanz. That made the score 3-1 after 46 minutes of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Axel Tasis to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Romanian Kings FC's Geronimo Gartxot nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benito Sanz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Victor Hamilton hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Martin Huf stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aaron Alcocer's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. Aaron Alcocer charged in rather forcefully in the 61st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aaron Alcocer the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Aaron Alcocer kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. In the 66th minute, Hugo Ferrant hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Aaron Alcocer hit a great ball. When the match clock showed 79 minutes, the score became 5-1 when Mihnea Bobei sped through Costa Rica's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. Axel Tasis charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Axel Tasis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Axel Tasis got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Geronimo Gartxot went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. After 87 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Eliseo Noboa. 88 minutes into the game, Romanian Kings FC's Mihnea Bobei nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benito Sanz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-1. Romanian Kings FC's Michal Janota got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Romanian Kings FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.