Official Cup

Afrimesti Stadium
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Irinel Tatomir made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4thth minute of the game Irinel Tatomir who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Northern California's David Schembri was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Emil Gabor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Serafin Ilazki in the 18th minute of play. With a little luck, Northern California's David Schembri got control of the ball when Irinel Tatomir tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bianco Cappucci could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but David Schembri made a huge save. In the 28th minute Leandro Chorche shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emil Gabor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 31st minute of the match ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 got a corner. Northern California's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eugen Mihălțan ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Sandu Condeescu almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Northern California's David Schembri did a great save. In the 33rd minute, Lucrețiu Ghimiș 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serafin Ilazki in the 36th minute of play forced ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's goalkeeper Emil Gabor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emil Gabor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leandro Chorche in the 39th minute of the match. In the 39thth minute of the game Fabio Monte who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Emil Gabor was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. David Schembri didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lucrețiu Ghimiș went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Irinel Tatomir in the 43rd minute of play forced Northern California's goalkeeper David Schembri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leandro Chorche in the 46th minute of play forced ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's goalkeeper Emil Gabor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Adrián Frick hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. 48 minutes into the match, ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's goal looked a bit too open when Antonio Guillelme came free, but Emil Gabor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fabio Monte made a kick off. 56 minutes into the match, Northern California's goal looked a bit too open when Irinel Tatomir came free, but David Schembri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Ole-Petter Korsvik was substituted for Eliodor Gheban. After 58 played minutes Northern California got a freekick which was hit by Otto Kotto. After 60 played minutes Northern California got a freekick which was hit by Otto Kotto. David Schembri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucrețiu Ghimiș in the 63rd minute of play. ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Lucrețiu Ghimiș got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Northern California's Otto Kotto got a free kick in the 66th minute. 69 minutes into the match, Northern California's goal looked a bit too open when Lucrețiu Ghimiș came free, but David Schembri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emil Gabor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabio Monte, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. After 73 minutes ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Serafin Ilazki who took care of the corner kick. David Schembri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Irinel Tatomir in the 76th minute of the match. Irinel Tatomir succeeded in the game's 79th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. After 85 played minutes ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 got a freekick which was hit by Sandu Condeescu. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serafin Ilazki in the 88th minute of play forced ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's goalkeeper Emil Gabor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute Lucrețiu Ghimiș shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Schembri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leandro Chorche got free with Emil Gabor in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 fans cheered their team off the field, for while Northern California had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.