Challenge

PIETROSUL ARENA
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Viorel Iacobescu made the kick off which started today's match. Niculae Ailenei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aurel Teodoroiu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Niculae Rădvan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albert Mironov, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 14th minute, Sever Crăiniceanu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Niculae Ailenei was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Niculae Rădvan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xavi Popescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. The supporters of Romania booed when FC PIETROSUL -MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sever Crăiniceanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Niculae Rădvan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ciprian Toma, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Niculae Ailenei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aurel Teodoroiu in the 22nd minute of play. FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Niculae Rădvan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xavi Popescu in the 23rd minute of play. Xavi Popescu scored 1-1 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Niculae Rădvan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Horaţiu Pintilie during the 29th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Grigore Dărăscu was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 30th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Niculae Rădvan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albert Mironov in the 34th minute of play. Niculae Ailenei was out of position in the 38 minute of play, and Sever Crăiniceanu capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Sever Crăiniceanu really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciprian Toma in the 40th minute of play forced FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s goalkeeper Niculae Rădvan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd minute Albert Mironov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niculae Rădvan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Niculae Rădvan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ciprian Toma, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Niculae Rădvan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arthur Clarke, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. In the 44thth minute of the game Arthur Clarke who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Niculae Rădvan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Ciprian Halipa was substituted for Aurel Teodoroiu. Horaţiu Pintilie was shown his second yellow card after 54 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 55th minute, Horaţiu Pintilie hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arthur Clarke got free with Niculae Rădvan in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Niculae Rădvan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xavi Popescu in the 66th minute of the match. FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Niculae Rădvan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ciprian Toma in the 68th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciprian Toma in the 68th minute of play forced FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s goalkeeper Niculae Rădvan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Niculae Rădvan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ciprian Toma in the 70th minute of play. Niculae Rădvan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ciprian Toma in the 72nd minute of the match. Niculae Rădvan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ciprian Toma in the 72nd minute of play. Niculae Rădvan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciprian Toma, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Niculae Rădvan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ciprian Toma in the 77th minute of play. The supporters of Romania booed when FC PIETROSUL -MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Viorel Iacobescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Romania's Lucian Timofte was substituted for Ştefan Iovan. FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Cristi Ciprian was substituted for Viorel Iacobescu. Niculae Ailenei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristi Ciprian, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Romania's Ciprian Toma in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s goalie prevented a goal. After some careless play in the FC PIETROSUL -MM- defense, Arthur Clarke kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Niculae Rădvan. The FC PIETROSUL -MM- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Niculae Rădvan should have stopped the shot.