Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ciprian Caba took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a little luck, Club13's Andrei Reznic got control of the ball when Ciprian Caba tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Tudor Manolescu fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Romania's protests and gave Tudor Manolescu a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to U21 Romania getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Tudor Manolescu hit a great ball. Andrei Reznic made a fantastic save in the 12th minute, when Ciprian Caba sent off a good shot on target. Andrei Reznic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ciprian Caba, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. In the 13th minute, Virgil Gane hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 18 minutes into the game, Club13's Sever Panait nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cristian Voican made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ciprian Caba got free with Andrei Reznic in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 21 minutes into the game, Ciprian Caba cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Andrei Reznic was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Andrei Reznic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Virgil Gane, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Andrei Reznic came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Romania's Virgil Gane. But to his dismay, Virgil Gane quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. U21 Romania's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sorin Dragușin in the 30th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Ion Ike heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. After 36 minutes of play, U21 Romania's Ciprian Caba made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Andrei Reznic was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marioara Chiricheş charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marioara Chiricheş the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ciprian Caba in the 42ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Andrei Reznic, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 44 played minutes U21 Romania got a freekick which was hit by Radu Rusu. Cristian Voican stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sever Panait's shot from short distance in the 47th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The wind increased when Sever Panait made the kick off in the second half. Sever Panait could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Cristian Voican made a huge save. Andrei Reznic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marioara Chiricheş in the 54th minute of the match. Ciprian Caba took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Andrei Reznic. Andrei Reznic dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Andrei Reznic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Virgil Gane, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Andrei Reznic came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Romania's Ciprian Caba. But to his dismay, Ciprian Caba quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. Club13's Andrei Reznic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ciprian Caba in the 65th minute of play. Andrei Reznic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ciprian Caba in the 69th minute of the match. Luís Guilherme Veloso made in the 80th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by U21 Romania's Ferdinand Chivulescu. Sever Panait struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Cristian Voican didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Club13. András Hellinger hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. If Ziemowit Czeszejko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The U21 Romania fans cheered their team off the field, for while Club13 had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.