Challenge

Est Hernando Siles
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mario Fernandino kicked off to start the match. 6 minutes into the game, Lucian Baran was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bolivia the free kick. After 6 played minutes Batalionul U23 Dorobanti got a freekick which was hit by Lucian Baran. After a defensive mix-up in Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's zone, Alfredo Ferrant stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Avram Panaiteanu came out of the goal and Alfredo Ferrant tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bolivia's Eduardo Fontirroig got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Avram Panaiteanu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mario Fernandino in the 10th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eduardo Fontirroig in the 11th minute of play forced Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's goalkeeper Avram Panaiteanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Chicote's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 12thth minute, Avram Panaiteanu skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Avram Panaiteanu made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Mario Fernandino sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julio Chicote in the 16th minute of play forced Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's goalkeeper Avram Panaiteanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Avram Panaiteanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfredo Ferrant in the 21st minute of play. Eduardo Fontirroig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Avram Panaiteanu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Avram Panaiteanu managed to avoid a goal in the 24thth minute, when Bolivia's Alfonso de la Cruz fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Eduardo Fontirroig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Avram Panaiteanu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Camilo Freixa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Octav Enciu in the 37th minute of the match. Mario Fernandino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Avram Panaiteanu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eduardo Fontirroig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Avram Panaiteanu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Eduardo Fontirroig had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nechifor Cosoroabă was the one to do the kick off. Avram Panaiteanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Fernandino in the 57th minute of play. Eduardo Fontirroig might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Avram Panaiteanu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eduardo Fontirroig ran back to his position shaking his head. Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's attentive Irinel Chiriță managed to snatch the ball when Francisco Gallo made a throw-in in the 61st minute of the game. 69 minutes into the game, Julio Chicote cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Avram Panaiteanu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Joshua Miralles made in the 78th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Eduardo Fontirroig. 80 minutes into the match, Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's goal looked a bit too open when Julio Chicote came free, but Avram Panaiteanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Batalionul U23 Dorobanti defense, Eduardo Fontirroig kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Avram Panaiteanu. The Batalionul U23 Dorobanti fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Avram Panaiteanu should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Batalionul U23 Dorobanti getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Mugur Alexandrescu hit a great ball. In the 89thth minute of the game Julio Chicote who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Avram Panaiteanu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Bolivia fully deserved thier win.