Challenge

Botosani Stars
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bebeto Romário started the match with the kick off. Paul Hawkes kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. In the 12th minute, Leopoldo Phelipe ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Philip Palmer was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Sojourner Truth Pioneers's Philip Palmer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Iuzbașa in the 15th minute of play. William Rennie hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as FC BOTOSANI - BTF.'s Bebeto Romário slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Philip Palmer. That made the score 2-0 after 17 minutes of play. FC BOTOSANI - BTF.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ionică Macavei in the 22nd minute. A well done corner resulted in Atilla Alyakut drilling the ball in to score 3-0 behind Sojourner Truth Pioneers's goalkeeper. In the 27th minute, Leo Su left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC BOTOSANI - BTF. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. FC BOTOSANI - BTF. were awarded a corner in the 32th minute after Sojourner Truth Pioneers's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ionică Macavei took the corner. FC BOTOSANI - BTF.'s Bebeto Romário was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Philip Palmer in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 34 minutes into the game, Ondřej Klučka recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Philip Palmer. Ondřej Klučka showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 5-0. Through an outstanding action, after 39 minutes, Philip Palmer successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Sojourner Truth Pioneers's William Rennie got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ali Cafer Semavi kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. After 43 played minutes Sojourner Truth Pioneers got a freekick which was hit by Peter Silvester. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

Sojourner Truth Pioneers were awarded a corner in the 53th minute after FC BOTOSANI - BTF.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Rod Williamson took the corner. Philip Palmer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Waclaw Smolak in the 58th minute of play. Sojourner Truth Pioneers's Philip Palmer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ondřej Klučka in the 60th minute of play. Philip Palmer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leopoldo Phelipe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 67 minutes into the game, Ondřej Klučka was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC BOTOSANI - BTF.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sojourner Truth Pioneers the free kick. A collision led to FC BOTOSANI - BTF. getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Ondřej Klučka hit a great ball. In the 73rd minute, Bebeto Romário left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC BOTOSANI - BTF. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. Philip Palmer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bebeto Romário in the 80th minute of play. In the 81st minute of the match FC BOTOSANI - BTF. got a corner. Sojourner Truth Pioneers's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ionică Macavei ran over to the corner to take the kick. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Bebeto Romário advanced and headed the ball into goal, 7-0 in the 82nd minute. After some careless play in the Sojourner Truth Pioneers defense, Ondřej Klučka kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Philip Palmer. The Sojourner Truth Pioneers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Philip Palmer should have stopped the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rod Williamson in the 93rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tiberiu Cutean saved FC BOTOSANI - BTF. from getting behind. In the 94th minute William Rennie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tiberiu Cutean saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 95 minutes FC BOTOSANI - BTF.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rod Williamson who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Rod Williamson almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC BOTOSANI - BTF.'s Tiberiu Cutean did a great save.