Challenge

FC VULTURII LUGOJ
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rafael Corrêa started the match with the kick off. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Rafael Corrêa tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kartal Oğuz having to interfere. Felix Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 14th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Zorita to maneuver through the defense. Rafael Corrêa's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 16thth minute, Julio Vera skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Kartal Oğuz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 18th minute of the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 19th minute of the game. One of Ecuador:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of FC VULTURII LUGOJ:s goal. In the 20th minute there was a penalty for FC VULTURII LUGOJ. Rafael Corrêa stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Julio Vera. 1-0. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Felix Montes got a free kick in the 23rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Rafael Corrêa managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC VULTURII LUGOJ's supporters rose to their feet, but Rafael Corrêa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julio Vera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 26 minutes into the match, FC VULTURII LUGOJ's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Kartal Oğuz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in FC VULTURII LUGOJ's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kartal Oğuz came out of the goal and Daniel Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kartal Oğuz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kartal Oğuz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 34th minute of play. Kartal Oğuz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 39th minute of the match. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafael Corrêa in the 41st minute of the match. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rafael Corrêa went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. 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 Daniel Zorita made a kick off. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafael Corrêa in the 52nd minute of play. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafael Corrêa in the 55th minute of the match. After 56 played minutes FC VULTURII LUGOJ got a freekick which was hit by Iordache Udurbac. In the 58th minute Rafael Corrêa 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. In the 64th minute, Augustin Hurmuzescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC VULTURII LUGOJ's Luis Figo was substituted for Rafael Corrêa. A hard shot by Felix Montenegro from long distance, 66 minutes into the match, got Kartal Oğuz's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Costică Adam hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luis Figo's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Cristian Sancho kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Kartal Oğuz. That made the score 2-1 in the 76 minute of play. In the 80th minute of the match, Daniel Zorita got a very nice opportunity to score, but Kartal Oğuz was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. FC VULTURII LUGOJ's Kartal Oğuz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save FC VULTURII LUGOJ from getting a goal against them. When FC VULTURII LUGOJ's Luis Figo in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. If Luis Figo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a rather tough play, FC VULTURII LUGOJ's Octavian Vulcănescu got a free kick in the 91st minute. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Figo in the 92nd minute of the match. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Kartal Oğuz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Figo in the 96th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.