Challenge

Buffalo Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, Buffalo Timişoara's Vali Voicescu got a free kick in the 2nd minute. In the 9th match minute, Buffalo Timişoara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vali Voicescu to maneuver through the defense. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind Buffalo Timişoara's goalkeeper Hunor Csapó, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franky Ooms in the 21st minute of play. A hard shot 26 in the game by Franky Ooms from a close distance when the talented Julio Vera managed to make a qualified save. Ecuador's players were relieved. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Franky Ooms sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Buffalo Timişoara getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Wawrzyniec Pysz hit a great ball. Franky Ooms's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 41stth minute, Julio Vera skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Augusto Benitez in the 43rd minute of play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. In the 51st minute Franky Ooms shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Augusto Benitez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 57 played minutes, Buffalo Timişoara's Vali Voicescu shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Julio Vera came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Buffalo Timişoara reached it. Franky Ooms sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adrian Zbora in the 64th minute of the match. Hunor Csapó was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Cristian Sancho showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-1 in the 66 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Zbora in the 76th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antonio Arias lost his temper 77 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Buffalo Timişoara's Pavel Chibulcutean was substituted for Orhan Ortanca. After 76 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Ecuador! Cristian Sancho's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hunor Csapó read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 83rd minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valentin Voicu in the 88th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valentin Voicu in the 88th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adrian Zbora went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Ecuador players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.