Challenge

Bucuresci
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bogdan Tudose made the kick off which started today's match. The crowd rose to their feet as Gloria Bistrita's Bogdan Tudose slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Bruno Barrett. That made the score 1-0 after 6 minutes of play. After having played for 12 minutes, Stanley Wallace managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Curacao's supporters crossed their fingers, but Stanley Wallace was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mihail Botgros got free with Bruno Barrett in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 19th minute, Mihail Botgros made a precise shot to the right of Bruno Barrett. Curacao's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rocco Owen during the 24th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Curacao getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Rocco Owen hit a great ball. When Bogdan Tudose came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Gloria Bistrita 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 Bogdan Tudose couldn't finish the play. Bruno Barrett made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Mihail Botgros sent off a good shot on target. After 32 played minutes Curacao got a freekick which was hit by Kyle Davies. 36 minutes into the match, Troy Kennedy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paul Miclescu. Gloria Bistrita's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Troy Kennedy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Paul Miclescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Davies in the 39th minute of play. Curacao's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Marcos Ferman 40 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 5-1. Bruno Barrett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mihail Botgros, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. After a rather tough play, Gloria Bistrita's Horaţiu Şchiopu got a free kick in the 46th minute. Kyle Davies was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 46th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kyle Davies to strike the kick off in the second half. Bruno Barrett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mihail Botgros, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 58th minute, Mihail Botgros ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bruno Barrett was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-1. Corneliu Bodnar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Bruno Barrett tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Horaţiu Şchiopu hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Bruno Barrett came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by Gloria Bistrita's Marcos Ferman. But to his dismay, Marcos Ferman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-1. The supporters of Gloria Bistrita booed when Curacao was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rocco Owen didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Gloria Bistrita getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Tudor Bulzan hit a great ball. Paul Miclescu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Stanley Wallace in the 75th minute. In the 79th minute, Rocco Owen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bruno Barrett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bogdan Tudose, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. With a little luck, Gloria Bistrita's Paul Miclescu got control of the ball when Stanley Wallace tried to sneak it across the goal line. Kyle Davies fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paul Miclescu having to interfere. 88 minutes into the game, Curacao's Stanley Wallace nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Paul Miclescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 9-2. Bruno Barrett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bogdan Tudose, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. After some careless play in the Gloria Bistrita defense, Stanley Wallace kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Paul Miclescu. The Gloria Bistrita fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Paul Miclescu should have stopped the shot. In the 96th minute, Bogdan Tudose left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gloria Bistrita fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 10-3. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Gloria Bistrita had played much better football throughout.