Challenge

Dealu Florilor
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Petre Benga started the match with the kick off. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Valer Nuțu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 8th minute of play. Valer Nuțu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Joel Gaona's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. 16 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Valer Nuțu. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alberto Tafalla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 20 minutes into the match, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Valer Nuțu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Valer Nuțu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 25th minute of play. 28 minutes into the match, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Valer Nuțu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- were awarded a corner in the 31th minute after Mexico's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Eliodor Bântu took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Eliodor Bântu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dante Lacasa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Leontin Matei kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. The supporters of Mexico booed when Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leontin Matei didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 37 minutes, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alberto Tafalla was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valer Nuțu having to interfere. Valer Nuțu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 44th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joel Gaona stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Alberto Tafalla made a precise shot to the right of Valer Nuțu. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Petre Benga struck a weak shot in the 55th minute. Dante Lacasa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-. Luca Zorita took the ball and in the 57 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Valer Nuțu. Valer Nuțu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 60th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo scored to the left of an out of position Valer Nuțu, making the score, 0-5. Lautaro Mancebo scored 0-6 in the 65th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Valer Nuțu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Valer Nuțu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 69th minute of the match. Valer Nuțu was a little too slow when Facundo Cadaval got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 73rd minute. The score was now 0-7. Valer Nuțu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 79th minute of the match. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Facundo Cadaval hit a great ball. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Valer Nuțu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- from getting a goal against them. The referee felt a red card was in order, 95 minutes into the game, when Albert Guriță put in a rough tackle. In the 95th minute, one of Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-.