Challenge

Tineretul Arad Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Valentin Cruceru during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 5th minute, Alan Moruga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emilian Blăniță received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilian Blăniță in the 11th minute of the match. If Eliseo Noboa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 16th minute of the match Gerson Guimarães shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Benito Sanz showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Axel Tasis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 20 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Felix Negrescu. 21 minutes into the game, Robert Graur was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tineretul Arad's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Costa Rica the free kick. Robert Graur hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Benito Sanz made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Cazimir Maior sent off a good shot on target. After 24 played minutes, Costa Rica's Lautaro Puig shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Daniel Anton 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 Costa Rica reached it. 28 minutes into the game, Aaron Alcocer was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Costa Rica's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tineretul Arad the free kick. Aaron Alcocer kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eliseo Noboa in the 30th minute of play forced Tineretul Arad's goalkeeper Daniel Anton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Costa Rica's Benito Sanz got control of the ball when Felix Negrescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emilian Blăniță, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Alan Moruga got a free kick in the 41st minute. Felix Negrescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. Tineretul Arad's Emilian Blăniță got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 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.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Felix Negrescu to strike the kick off in the second half. When Robert Graur was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 60 minutes had been played. Robert Graur kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Lautaro Puig got a free kick in the 64th minute. Cazimir Maior charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cazimir Maior the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Tineretul Arad's Cazimir Maior got a free kick in the 65th minute. After a rather tough play, Tineretul Arad's Felix Negrescu got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Axel Tasis was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 72nd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After 78 played minutes Eliseo Noboa rounded Tineretul Arad's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-1. Daniel Anton made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Lautaro Puig sent off a good shot on target. Daniel Anton made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Lautaro Puig sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Abel Carballo hit a great ball. In the 98th minute, Tineretul Arad's Adam Rizea seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Adam Rizea the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Tineretul Arad protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Adam Rizea had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Although Tineretul Arad had been in control for most of the match, Costa Rica still came away with the win.