Challenge

CITY OF KINGS
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. Niculae Dudău made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 11th minute of play. In the 14th minute, Cristian Sancho made a precise shot to the right of Niculae Dudău. MINAS TIRITH's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Niculae Dudău showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Montenegro, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. After some careless play in the MINAS TIRITH defense, Felix Montenegro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Niculae Dudău. The MINAS TIRITH fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Niculae Dudău should have stopped the shot. Daniel Zorita recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 28th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niculae Dudău saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 30thth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but MINAS TIRITH's Niculae Dudău was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Niculae Dudău showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 32nd minute of the match. After 35 minutes MINAS TIRITH's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Zorita who took care of the corner kick. After 39 played minutes MINAS TIRITH got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Mardarie. In the 39th minute of the match Daniel Zorita shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Niculae Dudău showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 41st minute. The corner ended in Juan Sebastián Puig almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but MINAS TIRITH's Niculae Dudău did a great save. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Phoenix Alb to make the kick off. Liviu Vlăsiu scored 1-3 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Niculae Dudău showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. A nice corner shot did that Daniel Zorita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Niculae Dudău quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 70th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niculae Dudău saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 79th minute, Juan Sebastián Puig got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. MINAS TIRITH made a substitution. Florin Nenciu replaced Eric Buga. In the 83rd match minute, MINAS TIRITH was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dragoş Solomon to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita tried to score from far away in the 83rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. An unexpected shot in the 88th minute by Daniel Zorita got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Niculae Dudău made a huge save. A collision led to MINAS TIRITH getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Daniel Mardarie hit a great ball. Daniel Zorita struck a weak shot in the 92nd minute. Niculae Dudău didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Agustín Saelices got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Ecuador's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.