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National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Florin Huțupan got the match started through his kick off. Roberto Cresencio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Florin Huțupan in the 3rd minute. In the 6th minute Argentina were awarded a corner. Jairo Tibalt went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Argentina's corner Jairo Tibalt fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ernest Țepeneag quite easily take care of the ball. Ernest Țepeneag showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardo Geleberto in the 7th minute of the match. After 9 minutes Romania's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jairo Tibalt who took care of the corner kick. Argentina's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jairo Tibalt in the 11th minute. After a rather tough play, Romania's Marin Mihăescu got a free kick in the 12th minute. In the 12th minute Jairo Tibalt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ernest Țepeneag saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roberto Cresencio made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Eduard Popoacă sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Romania's Iulian Cârstea got a free kick in the 16th minute. Roberto Cresencio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florin Huțupan, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Ricardo Geleberto hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Roberto Cresencio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nechifor Jugănaru in the 20th minute. Ernest Țepeneag showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silvestre Elorri, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. In the 23rd minute of the match Argentina got a corner. Romania's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jairo Tibalt ran over to the corner to take the kick. With an all-out effort, Romania's Roberto Cresencio threw himself towards the right post 28 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Florin Huțupan, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Roberto Cresencio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nechifor Jugănaru, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. In the 34th minute, Ricardo Geleberto 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. Santos Calisto kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. 36 minutes into the match, Argentina's goal looked a bit too open when Eduard Popoacă came free, but Roberto Cresencio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 39 minutes into the match, Florin Huțupan dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Roberto Cresencio, 1-0. Roberto Cresencio made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Nechifor Jugănaru sent off a good shot on target. After 47 played minutes Argentina got a freekick which was hit by Silvestre Elorri.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Ricardo Geleberto got free with Ernest Țepeneag in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Eduard Popoacă took the ball and in the 56 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Roberto Cresencio. Roberto Cresencio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. 58 minutes into the match, Romania's goalkeeper Ernest Țepeneag had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Silvestre Elorri. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silvestre Elorri in the 59th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Ernest Țepeneag to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 60 played minutes Argentina got a freekick which was hit by Silvestre Elorri. After a rather tough play, Argentina's Silvestre Elorri got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Argentina's Roberto Cresencio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florin Huțupan in the 64th minute of play. When the match clock showed 68 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Florin Huțupan sped through Argentina's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Roberto Cresencio. Argentina's Roberto Cresencio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florin Huțupan in the 71st minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Corneliu Sucigan in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Roberto Cresencio saved Argentina from getting behind. In the 76th minute Emanuel Alexiu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Cresencio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roberto Cresencio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuel Alexiu in the 77th minute of play. Argentina's Roberto Cresencio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florin Huțupan in the 79th minute of play. 82 minutes into the match, Emanuel Alexiu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Roberto Cresencio. Argentina's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Emanuel Alexiu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. 85 minutes into the match, Argentina's goal looked a bit too open when Corneliu Sucigan came free, but Roberto Cresencio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Romania's Ernest Țepeneag proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Romania from getting a goal against them. 88 minutes into the match, Argentina's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel Alexiu came free, but Roberto Cresencio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roberto Cresencio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Florin Huțupan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 92 minutes into the match, Emanuel Alexiu notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Argentina's Roberto Cresencio. Roberto Cresencio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Roberto Cresencio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Alexiu in the 96th minute of the match. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Romania fans cheered their team off the field, for while Argentina had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.