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National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Von Ramirez took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ronald Small showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adam Barbăneagră, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Ronald Small made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Claudiu Izbașa sent off a good shot on target. 12 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Ronald Small had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Adam Barbăneagră. Ronald Small took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudiu Izbașa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. USA's Ronald Small proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. 18 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Von Ramirez came free, but Remus Blajovan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 19th minute of the match, Claudiu Izbașa got a very nice opportunity to score, but Ronald Small was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Ronald Small showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adam Barbăneagră, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Petre Orescu was slow to take the kick. During this time Romania's players had a chance to rest. Ronald Small showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claudiu Izbașa, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 24th minute of the match, Claudiu Izbașa got a very nice opportunity to score, but Ronald Small was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Remus Blajovan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reynaldo Kaufman in the 25th minute of the match. Remus Blajovan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reynaldo Kaufman in the 27th minute of play. Petre Orescu's late challenge caught a USA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Petre Orescu helped the player get up and apologised. In the 29th minute Reynaldo Kaufman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remus Blajovan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Claudiu Izbașa got free with Ronald Small in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ronald Small made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Barbăneagră in the 34th minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Barbăneagră came free, but Ronald Small reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Von Ramirez came free, but Remus Blajovan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 41 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Ronald Small had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Adam Barbăneagră. Von Ramirez scored 0-1 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Remus Blajovan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a little luck, USA's Ronald Small got control of the ball when Claudiu Izbașa tried to sneak it across the goal line.

If Claudiu Izbașa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Adam Barbăneagră's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ronald Small was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Romania's Dumitru Zgrăbunţa was substituted for Eusebiu Bratu. USA's Bernardo Brower was substituted for Reynaldo Kaufman. 65 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Claudiu Izbașa came free, but Ronald Small reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 68 minutes into the match, Romania's goalkeeper Remus Blajovan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Von Ramirez. Manole Bernea took the ball and in the 71 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ronald Small. Ronald Small dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Ronald Small showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manole Bernea, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. A collision led to Romania getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Lucrețiu Bucuță hit a great ball. 78 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Von Ramirez came free, but Remus Blajovan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Remus Blajovan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Von Ramirez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 83 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Von Ramirez sped through Romania's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Remus Blajovan. Ronald Small made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florin Huțupan in the 88th minute of play. Ronald Small made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manole Bernea in the 91st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardo Brower in the 92nd minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Remus Blajovan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florin Huțupan in the 93rd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Ronald Small to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's Ronald Small played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florin Huțupan in the 93rd minute of play. Ronald Small made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florin Huțupan in the 95th minute of play.