Challenge

Platonest
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Manuel Babarada kicked off to start the match. A collision led to 8Platonest getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Manuel Babarada hit a great ball. If Cazimir Mârzac had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 8th minute Alfonso de la Cruz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gheorghe Vulpescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cazimir Mârzac sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cazimir Mârzac in the 13th minute of play forced Bolivia's goalkeeper Camilo Freixa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 14 minutes in the game, Cazimir Mârzac fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Camilo Freixa having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in 8Platonest's zone, Eduardo Fontirroig stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gheorghe Vulpescu came out of the goal and Eduardo Fontirroig tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 21 minutes into the match, 8Platonest's goal looked a bit too open when Alfonso de la Cruz came free, but Gheorghe Vulpescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mihnea Lupoaia charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mihnea Lupoaia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Bolivia booed when 8Platonest was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mihnea Lupoaia didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 24th minute, Alfonso de la Cruz made a precise shot to the right of Gheorghe Vulpescu. 8Platonest's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Eduardo Fontirroig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Gheorghe Vulpescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Bolivia booed when 8Platonest was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nistor Enciu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mario Fernandino took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 30th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gheorghe Vulpescu. 8Platonest's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Manuel Babarada scored 1-1 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Camilo Freixa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Traian Boc hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Mario Fernandino, 41 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Gheorghe Vulpescu came out of the goal in the 43rd minute to try and stop a shot by Bolivia's Alfonso de la Cruz. But to his dismay, Alfonso de la Cruz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mario Fernandino to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to 8Platonest getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Traian Boc hit a great ball. After 58 minutes of play, 8Platonest's Mihnea Lupoaia made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Camilo Freixa was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Eduardo Fontirroig came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Bolivia 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 Eduardo Fontirroig couldn't finish the play. In the 68th match minute, 8Platonest was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nistor Enciu to maneuver through the defense. The throw-in from Cătălin Roșeanu in the 73rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Bolivia's Francisco Gallo. In the 75th minute, Alejandro Villa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 82nd minute, Cazimir Mârzac 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. Eduardo Fontirroig's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gheorghe Vulpescu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 86th minute of play. Eduardo Fontirroig sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.