Challenge

Ergilio Hato Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Steaua Nordului's Alexandru Bușcu started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Alexandru Bușcu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Steaua Nordului fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 9th match minute, Curacao was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kyle Davies to maneuver through the defense. Bruno Barrett came out of the goal in the 12th minute to try and stop a shot by Steaua Nordului's Alexandru Bușcu. But to his dismay, Alexandru Bușcu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 17 minutes into the match, Steaua Nordului's Aaron Llorian sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bruno Barrett narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Bruno Barrett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nae Timaru, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. After some careless play in the Curacao defense, Alexandru Bușcu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bruno Barrett. The Curacao fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bruno Barrett should have stopped the shot. Davi de Salles made an important save on a dangerous shot by Stanley Wallace in the 31st minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Troy Kennedy managed to get in a good position for a shot. Curacao's supporters rose to their feet, but Troy Kennedy was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Davi de Salles breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Aaron Llorian succeeded in the game's 36th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-4. After having played for 40 minutes, Alexandru Bușcu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Steaua Nordului's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alexandru Bușcu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 45th match minute, Curacao was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kyle Davies to maneuver through the defense. Bruno Barrett stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alexandru Bușcu's shot from short distance in the 46th minute. 48 minutes into the match, Curacao's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandru Bușcu came free, but Bruno Barrett reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kyle Davies to strike the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Curacao's Bruno Barrett got control of the ball when Aaron Llorian tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 53rd minute Alexandru Bușcu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Barrett saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bruno Barrett didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 55th minute, which inside left pole to 0-5. Alexandru Bușcu succeeded in the game's 61st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-6. In the 64th minute, Teodor Hreapcă hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 66th minute, Rocco Owen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Steaua Nordului booed when Curacao was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kyle Davies didn't get a good kick on the ball. 68 minutes into the match, Aaron Llorian had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bruno Barrett. Curacao's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aaron Llorian was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. In the 73rd minute, Steaua Nordului's Francisc Zberea seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Francisc Zberea the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Steaua Nordului protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Francisc Zberea had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 74th minute, Francisc Zberea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Curacao's defense didn't have a chance, in the 78th minute, when Aaron Llorian scored to the left of an out of position Bruno Barrett, making the score, 0-8. Bruno Barrett made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Aaron Llorian sent off a good shot on target. In the 82nd match minute, Curacao was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Troy Kennedy to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Steaua Nordului's Ioan Iorgu got a free kick in the 85th minute. Valentin Horodincă kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. In the 88th minute, Stanley Wallace hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kyle Davies's late challenge caught a Steaua Nordului's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kyle Davies helped the player get up and apologised. After 92 played minutes Curacao got a freekick which was hit by Kyle Davies. After a rather tough play, Curacao's Rocco Owen got a free kick in the 93rd minute. With his leg Bruno Barrett managed to avoid a goal in the 95thth minute, when Steaua Nordului's Aaron Llorian fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When the final whistle sounded Steaua Nordului left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Curacao.