Official Cup

Arena DON ALBA
Spectators: 143 (Terracing: 108, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Erik Štrausz started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 4 played minutes Cabernet Albatroz Legacy got a freekick which was hit by Virgilio Orti. Dacian Săraru hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Paul Jucu hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. The throw-in from Emanuel Robescu in the 9th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Cabernet Albatroz Legacy's Tomás Frichoso. After 12 played minutes Cabernet Albatroz Legacy got a freekick which was hit by Virgilio Orti. In the 18th match minute, Club 23 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emanuel Robescu to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Cabernet Albatroz Legacy's Domingos Dominguez got a free kick in the 27th minute. After 29 minutes of play, Club 23's Doru Ciuvică made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Serafim Melo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Sören Malmberg made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Erik Štrausz sent off a good shot on target. Erik Štrausz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sören Malmberg read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 36th minute of play. In the 40th minute, Cabernet Albatroz Legacy's Erik Štrausz ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Sören Malmberg. Sören Malmberg yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Erik Štrausz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cabernet Albatroz Legacy's supporters rose to their feet, but Erik Štrausz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sören Malmberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The wind increased when Doru Ciuvică made the kick off in the second half. Cabernet Albatroz Legacy's Serafim Melo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Cabernet Albatroz Legacy from getting a goal against them. Sören Malmberg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hector Jon went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Dacian Săraru got a throw-in 76 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Emanuel Robescu. 82 minutes into the match, Hector Jon notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of Club 23's Sören Malmberg. Sören Malmberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Hector Jon might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sören Malmberg. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hector Jon ran back to his position shaking his head. Druțu Mihai charged in rather forcefully in the 88th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Druțu Mihai the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 88th minute, Druțu Mihai hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hector Jon in the 89th minute of play forced Club 23's goalkeeper Sören Malmberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91stth minute of the game Doru Ciuvică who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cabernet Albatroz Legacy's Serafim Melo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sören Malmberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hector Jon, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Cabernet Albatroz Legacy walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.