Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) -BZF- Valea Buzăului's Manole Tăcutu started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ivan Navarro got a throw-in 4 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Sebastian Villa. 6 minutes in the game Valentín Carvallo did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Edmundo Espiga. The throw-in from Valentín Carvallo in the 8th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by -BZF- Valea Buzăului's Emanuel Ioanițiu. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 9th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ana Ţugui saved -BZF- Valea Buzăului from getting behind. After 15 minutes, Claudiu Bădulescu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the -BZF- Valea Buzăului and the Honduras players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 16th minute of the match Edmundo Espiga shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ana Ţugui showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Ivan Navarro made in the 19th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Sebastian Villa immediately put the ball in play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Tafalla in the 20th minute of play forced -BZF- Valea Buzăului's goalkeeper Ana Ţugui to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by -BZF- Valea Buzăului's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Edmundo Espiga was slow to take the kick. During this time Honduras's players had a chance to rest. When Gelu Jumancă fell near the penalty area in the 22nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored -BZF- Valea Buzăului's protests and gave Gelu Jumancă a yellow card for diving instead. After 22 played minutes -BZF- Valea Buzăului got a freekick which was hit by Gelu Jumancă. Iulian Strungă was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 25 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 24th minute of the game. One of -BZF- Valea Buzăului:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Honduras:s goal. -BZF- Valea Buzăului:s Ana Ţugui showed great skill when he stopped Edmundo Espiga:s penalty. Moises Tafalla made in the 31st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Sebastian Villa however managed to control. After a rather tough play, -BZF- Valea Buzăului's Manole Tăcutu got a free kick in the 31st minute. -BZF- Valea Buzăului's Ana Ţugui played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastian Villa in the 39th minute of play. In the 44th minute the ball was on its way in behind -BZF- Valea Buzăului's goalkeeper Ana Ţugui, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ana Ţugui was relentless in the 48th minute of the game. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Edmundo Espiga was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute of the match Honduras got a corner. -BZF- Valea Buzăului's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Edmundo Espiga ran over to the corner to take the kick. When Sebastian Villa came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Honduras 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 Sebastian Villa couldn't finish the play. Ana Ţugui showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Espinar, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Luca Espinar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 61st match minute, -BZF- Valea Buzăului was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Claudiu Bădulescu to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, -BZF- Valea Buzăului's Paul Baran got a free kick in the 64th minute. Gelu Jumancă hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. -BZF- Valea Buzăului's attentive Emanuel Ioanițiu managed to snatch the ball when Christian Sancho made a throw-in in the 71st minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Moises Tafalla during the 72nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 72nd minute, Moises Tafalla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. -BZF- Valea Buzăului's Ana Ţugui played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Espinar in the 74th minute of play. An unexpected shot in the 75th minute by Esteban Carvallo got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 82nd minute, Gelu Jumancă hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ana Ţugui didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edmundo Espiga went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Ana Ţugui made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastian Villa in the 96th minute of play. When the match was over Honduras could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than -BZF- Valea Buzăului throughout the match.