Challenge

CC Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 5th minute, Patricio Costa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Venezuela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. Horia Crăciunescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Patricio Costa might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Horia Crăciunescu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Patricio Costa ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 27th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Horia Crăciunescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alin Dimofte got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 35th minute, Tomas Illescas 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. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alin Dimofte in the 37th minute. In the 41st minute, Tomas Illescas 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. Alin Dimofte sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alin Dimofte in the 45th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 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 Alin Dimofte to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, FC Inter Sibiu's Marian Dancu got a free kick in the 51st minute. Mihail Chimeț sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 59 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Alin Dimofte came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Horia Crăciunescu made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. Cazimir Mocanu charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cazimir Mocanu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Venezuela booed when FC Inter Sibiu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cazimir Mocanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. A hard shot 66 in the game by Tomas Illescas from a close distance when the talented Horia Crăciunescu managed to make a qualified save. FC Inter Sibiu's players were relieved. In the 68th minute, Cazimir Mocanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC Inter Sibiu's Horia Crăciunescu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save FC Inter Sibiu from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in FC Inter Sibiu's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Horia Crăciunescu came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Horia Crăciunescu was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Patricio Costa showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 77 minute of play. Tomas Illescas in the 82ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Horia Crăciunescu, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 86th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patricio Costa to maneuver through the defense. Patricio Costa received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Horia Crăciunescu came out and tried to block the shot, but Patricio Costa slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 89th minute. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Basarab Enciulescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Horia Crăciunescu having to interfere. The supporters of Venezuela booed when FC Inter Sibiu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cazimir Mocanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. The FC Inter Sibiu supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Venezuela's performance. The match ended with a win for Venezuela.