Challenge

Buiucani Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Denis Cãpraru kicked off to start the match. Gheorghe Musteatã didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Zorita went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Ecuador 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 Cristian Sancho couldn't finish the play. Gheorghe Musteatã made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 18th minute of play. Alexei Dobã received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Juan Sebastián Puig hit a great ball. In the 29th minute Felix Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gheorghe Musteatã saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Stefan Inculet tried to sneak it across the goal line. FC Buiucani's Gheorghe Musteatã played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 34th minute of play. Gheorghe Musteatã took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gheorghe Musteatã was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. If Denis Cãpraru had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stefan Inculet, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gheorghe Musteatã having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Gheorghe Musteatã tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. FC Buiucani's Gheorghe Musteatã proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save FC Buiucani from getting a goal against them. 65 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Alexei Dobã came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 67 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Isai who took care of the corner kick. The corner led FC Buiucani's Mircea Vacarciuc to a score. 1-3 in the 67th minute. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stefan Inculet, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. 75 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gheorghe Musteatã, 1-4. In the 79th minute, Cristian Sancho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gheorghe Musteatã was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. Juan Sebastián Puig charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Juan Sebastián Puig the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After having played for 86 minutes, Denis Cãpraru managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Buiucani's supporters crossed their fingers, but Denis Cãpraru was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to FC Buiucani getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Denis Cãpraru hit a great ball. Ecuador played a much better game than FC Buiucani and deserved their victory. The FC Buiucani players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.