Prized/Friendly Cup

BANAT ARENA
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Liviu Hănescu made the kick off and thus started the match. 5 minutes into the game, BANAT VIOLA's Liviu Hănescu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jan-Joost Werner made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. After 10 minutes BANAT VIOLA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Károly Bodrogi who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's corner Károly Bodrogi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Emilio Miconi quite easily take care of the ball. Jan-Joost Werner made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emilian Comăneci in the 13th minute. The audience was convinced that Gavril Bucur's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emilio Miconi was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. When C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Gavril Bucur in the 20th minute got a chance for a shot 20th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye BANAT VIOLA's goalie prevented a goal. In the 27th minute, Liviu Hănescu 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. 29 minutes into the match, Eric Şerbănescu notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of BANAT VIOLA's Emilio Miconi. Emilio Miconi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Gavril Bucur's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emilio Miconi was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. In the 38th minute Gavril Bucur shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emilio Miconi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Károly Bodrogi in the 39th minute. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gavril Bucur made a kick off. Roland Smolarek kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. After 55th play minutes Gavril Bucur shot 1-3, a short shot which went by Emilio Miconi and just under the crossbar into goal. Gavril Bucur's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 60thth minute, Emilio Miconi skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Gavril Bucurs short, quick shot in the 70thth minute got Emilio Miconi to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Emilio Miconi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gavril Bucur in the 74th minute. Emilio Miconi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gavril Bucur's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. Gavril Bucur could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Emilio Miconi made a huge save. Jan-Joost Werner didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eugen Drăucean went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 87 minutes, Gavril Bucur took a quick shot and it went in 2-5 without a chance for Emilio Miconi to make any attempt to save it. In the 92nd minute Gavril Bucur shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emilio Miconi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Gavril Bucur could shoot a difficult shot in the 93rd minute, which Emilio Miconi however easily saved by the left post. After 94 minutes, Gavril Bucur mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the C Ａ R D I N Ａ L and the BANAT VIOLA players grew even worse after the yellow card. 95 minutes into the match, Liviu Hănescu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jan-Joost Werner. C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Liviu Hănescu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-5. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. C Ａ R D I N Ａ L had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.