Official Cup

Giulesti Arena
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arif Tugay Alkın took the kick off in the first half of the match. Pavel Balc sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 3 minutes into the match, FC MIDWAY's goal looked a bit too open when Pavel Balc came free, but Aykan Babür reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 6 minutes into the game, when Abuzer Sarıalp put in a rough tackle. A collision led to FC MIDWAY getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Abuzer Sarıalp hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Dumitru Ghițulescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Buciumii's supporters rose to their feet, but Dumitru Ghițulescu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aykan Babür breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Adrían Addi kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. After 11 played minutes FC Buciumii got a freekick which was hit by Adrían Addi. Aykan Babür made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristinel Gheară in the 14th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adrían Addi got free with Aykan Babür in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 18th minute of the match FC Buciumii got a corner. FC MIDWAY's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dumitru Ghițulescu ran over to the corner to take the kick. Pavel Balc received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Aykan Babür tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristinel Gheară got free with Aykan Babür in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 29th play minutes Dumitru Ghițulescu shot 1-0, a short shot which went by Aykan Babür and just under the crossbar into goal. FC Buciumii were awarded a corner in the 34th minute after FC MIDWAY's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dumitru Ghițulescu took the corner. Aykan Babür was a little too slow when Pavel Balc got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 35th minute. The score was now 2-0. Aykan Babür made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Cristinel Gheară sent off a good shot on target. After some careless play in the FC MIDWAY defense, Cristinel Gheară kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aykan Babür. The FC MIDWAY fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aykan Babür should have stopped the shot. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The wind increased when Cristinel Gheară made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the game, FC Buciumii's Cristinel Gheară nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aykan Babür made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pavel Balc in the 59th minute of play forced FC MIDWAY's goalkeeper Aykan Babür to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Adrían Addi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aykan Babür having to interfere. A throw-in in the 64th minute of the game was made by Fazıl Özgeer with Arif Tugay Alkın as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 66 minutes in the game Fazıl Özgeer did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Arif Tugay Alkın. Aykan Babür showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Balc in the 68th minute of the match. In the 68thth minute of the game Pavel Balc who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC MIDWAY's Aykan Babür was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 69th minute, Fazıl Özgeer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 70th minute Pavel Balc shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aykan Babür saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 72 minutes into the match, Pavel Balc had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aykan Babür. FC MIDWAY's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pavel Balc was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. After some careless play in the FC MIDWAY defense, Pavel Balc kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aykan Babür. The FC MIDWAY fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aykan Babür should have stopped the shot. Aykan Babür showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cătălin Elchev in the 80th minute of the match. FC Buciumii were awarded a corner in the 82th minute after FC MIDWAY's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dumitru Ghițulescu took the corner. The corner led FC Buciumii's Gabriel Căplescu to fire away a dangerous shot which Aykan Babür despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Pavel Balc notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of FC MIDWAY's Aykan Babür. Aykan Babür was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Pavel Balc managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Buciumii's supporters rose to their feet, but Pavel Balc was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aykan Babür breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.