Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cazimir Pătran took the kick off in the first half of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cazimir Pătran in the 5th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cazimir Pătran in the 6th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 9 minutes into the game, Romania's Cazimir Pătran nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damian Şerb in the 13th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Romania's Radu Penescu got a free kick in the 16th minute. After 18 minutes of play, Romania's Cazimir Pătran made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cazimir Pătran in the 25th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 30th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Cazimir Pătran's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. Romania's Cazimir Pătran got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Damian Şerb's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. Leontin Racoviceanu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 47th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Illescas was the one to do the kick off. Leontin Racoviceanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 55th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cazimir Pătran in the 56th minute. Romania's Toader Burca got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 59 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Rigoberto Mina. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cazimir Pătran in the 62nd minute of play. In the 65thth minute of the game Tomas Illescas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Romania's Leontin Racoviceanu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Damian Şerb went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Cazimir Pătran tried to sneak it across the goal line. Leontin Racoviceanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 73rd minute of the match. If Cazimir Pătran had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 78 minutes, Toader Spirache managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Romania's supporters crossed their fingers, but Toader Spirache was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jonathan Ferrant didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Romania's Cazimir Pătran shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-5 in the ordered_time% minute. Romania made a substitution. Dumitru Panciu replaced Damian Şerb. In the 86th minute, Salvador Gisbert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Jonathan Ferrant managed to avoid a goal in the 87thth minute, when Romania's Cazimir Pătran fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Cazimir Pătran kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Romania's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.