Challenge

Tariverde Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Basarab Roşca took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ricardo Zorita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Basarab Roşca in the 6th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in El Salvador's zone, Basarab Roşca stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ricardo Zorita came out of the goal and Basarab Roşca tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 10 minutes, Gavril Isărescu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the UFC Tariverde and the El Salvador players grew even worse after the yellow card. Gavril Isărescu hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in UFC Tariverde's zone, Marco Tamayo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Avram Pâslaru came out of the goal and Marco Tamayo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Călin Nisipeanu in the 14th minute of play. After 15 played minutes El Salvador got a freekick which was hit by Marco Tamayo. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Moises Fernandino managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Salvador's supporters rose to their feet, but Moises Fernandino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Avram Pâslaru breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 1-0 became the score in the 21st minute when Basarab Roşca elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. UFC Tariverde's Eduard Encuțoiu got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 28th minute, Moises Fernandino made a precise shot to the right of Avram Pâslaru. UFC Tariverde's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. 40 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eduard Encuțoiu. Moises Fernandino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 47 minutes, Manole Dimofte mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the UFC Tariverde and the El Salvador players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to UFC Tariverde getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Manole Dimofte hit a great ball. After 48 played minutes, El Salvador's Mateo Leguizamo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Avram Pâslaru 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 El Salvador reached it. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Moises Fernandino to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Moises Fernandino left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Salvador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Călin Nisipeanu in the 55th minute of play. Ricardo Zorita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Basarab Roşca, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 59th minute, Eduard Encuțoiu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ricardo Zorita was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Manole Dimofte made in the 65th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Călin Nisipeanu. 69 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Eduard Encuțoiu came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Basarab Roşca in the 70th minute of play. 72 minutes into the match, Eduard Encuțoiu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ricardo Zorita. El Salvador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eduard Encuțoiu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eduard Encuțoiu in the 77th minute of play. When Jesus Carvallo fell near the penalty area in the 78th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored El Salvador's protests and gave Jesus Carvallo a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Jesus Carvallo got a free kick in the 78th minute. When Manole Dimofte was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 88 minutes had been played. In the 88th minute, Manole Dimofte hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Moises Fernandino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Avram Pâslaru tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Moises Fernandino came free with the goalkeeper in the 92nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Avram Pâslaru could save by the left post. UFC Tariverde's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.