Challenge

Academia RIO
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arty Eightman took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Basarab Irod's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but O. M. G. DaRush was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. In the 10th minute Arty Eightman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gigel Tilea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 17 minutes of play, Clue Team Challenge 2024's Arty Eightman made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gigel Tilea was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arty Eightman in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gigel Tilea saved Academia Rio from getting behind. A collision led to Academia Rio getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Jean Oltean hit a great ball. Gigel Tilea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robby The Rancher in the 27th minute of the match. Azure Meadow received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Gigel Tilea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Arty Eightman came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Clue Team Challenge 2024 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Arty Eightman couldn't finish the play. Gigel Tilea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Azure Meadow, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. If Sergiu Coșeriu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gigel Tilea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arty Eightman in the 40th minute of the match. The Academia Rio players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Clue Team Challenge 2024 were winning 1-2.

Clue Team Challenge 2024 made a substitution. Manny Mills replaced Roy Cordu. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Basarab Irod made a kick off. Gigel Tilea made an important save on a dangerous shot by Azure Meadow in the 52nd minute. After 58 played minutes, Academia Rio's Alex Nicolae shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper O. M. G. DaRush came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Academia Rio reached it. O. M. G. DaRush showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Radu Păvăloae in the 60th minute of the match. In the 61st minute, Basarab Irod hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Clue Team Challenge 2024 made a substitution. Snoop Fiddlefaddle replaced Diego Goalzalez. Academia Rio's Gigel Tilea proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Academia Rio from getting a goal against them. 67 minutes into the match, Academia Rio's Radu Păvăloae sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that O. M. G. DaRush narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 68 minutes had been played when some careless play by Clue Team Challenge 2024's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alex Nicolae was slow to take the kick. During this time Academia Rio's players had a chance to rest. Alex Nicolae made a great header on Academia Rio's corner, it was just that Clue Team Challenge 2024's O. M. G. DaRush managed to reach the ball for a save. 72 minutes into the match, Arty Eightman dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gigel Tilea, 1-3. Clue Team Challenge 2024 made a substitution. Joaquin Fiat replaced Arty Eightman. Azure Meadow could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Gigel Tilea made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquin Fiat in the 78th minute of play forced Academia Rio's goalkeeper Gigel Tilea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 79 minutes into the match, Clue Team Challenge 2024's goal looked a bit too open when Basarab Irod came free, but O. M. G. DaRush reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Clue Team Challenge 2024's O. M. G. DaRush played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radu Păvăloae in the 81st minute of play. A well placed Joaquin Fiat short distance shot in the 92nd minute ended with a hard ball which without a chance for the goalkeeper went staright up into the goalkeepers left cross. The Academia Rio fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Clue Team Challenge 2024 were clearly better and deserved to take the win.