Challenge

BARLAD ARENA
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Edmundo Espiga kicked off to start the match. In the 6th minute, Sebastian Villa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edmundo Espiga scored 0-2 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mihail Tomozei, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the F.C.BARLAD defense, Edmundo Espiga kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mihail Tomozei. The F.C.BARLAD fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mihail Tomozei should have stopped the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mihail Tomozei saved F.C.BARLAD from getting behind. Mihail Tomozei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Villa in the 19th minute of the match. Honduras's Edmundo Espiga got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 29 minutes, Edmundo Espiga put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Mihail Tomozei. In the 32nd minute, Sebastian Villa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mihail Tomozei was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. In the 42nd minute Edmundo Espiga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mihail Tomozei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sebastian Villa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mihail Tomozei having to interfere. 45 minutes into the match, Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nistor Ghiorman. Edmundo Espiga recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Maxim Cara was the one to do the kick off. Honduras's Moises Tafalla got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 61 minutes of play, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mihail Tomozei was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Honduras's Edmundo Espiga in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye F.C.BARLAD's goalie prevented a goal. Edmundo Espiga in the 67thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Mihail Tomozei, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Lautaro Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adrian Mercea, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 71 minutes into the match, F.C.BARLAD's goal looked a bit too open when Edmundo Espiga came free, but Mihail Tomozei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mihail Tomozei was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. With his leg Mihail Tomozei managed to avoid a goal in the 77thth minute, when Honduras's Edmundo Espiga fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Edmundo Espiga could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Mihail Tomozei made a huge save. After having played for 84 minutes, Maxim Cara managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. F.C.BARLAD's supporters crossed their fingers, but Maxim Cara was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Mihail Tomozei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 86th minute of play. Mihail Tomozei stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edmundo Espiga's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Emanuel Ocampo during the 91st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 91st minute, Emanuel Ocampo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Nistor Ghiorman came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the F.C.BARLAD 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 Nistor Ghiorman couldn't finish the play. Mihail Tomozei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmundo Espiga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Honduras's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.