Prized/Friendly Cup

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Franky Ooms started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute, Adrian Zbora hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gabri Arias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vali Voicescu in the 10th minute of play. Gabri Arias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vali Voicescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Gabri Arias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Augusto Benitez, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Adrian Zbora might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gabri Arias. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Adrian Zbora ran back to his position shaking his head. AFC FUSION's Gabri Arias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wawrzyniec Pysz in the 21st minute of play. Buffalo Timişoara were awarded a corner in the 22th minute after AFC FUSION's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Orhan Ortanca took the corner. A very nice done corner allowed Alin Şantău to score against Gabri Arias in AFC FUSION's goal. 0-1 after 22 minutes. In the 25th match minute, Buffalo Timişoara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adrian Zbora to maneuver through the defense. Franky Ooms sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gabri Arias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Franky Ooms, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gabri Arias stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Franky Ooms's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. Adrian Zbora fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gabri Arias having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Albano Francho to make the kick off. Gabri Arias was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Augusto Benitez showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-3 in the 52 minute of play. 57 minutes into the game, Adrian Zbora cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Gabri Arias was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 60 minutes into the match, Buffalo Timişoara's Wawrzyniec Pysz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gabri Arias narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 62nd minute of the match Buffalo Timişoara got a corner. AFC FUSION's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Orhan Ortanca ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Alin Şantău managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Gabri Arias was out of position in the 65 minute of play, and Adrian Zbora capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Adrian Zbora really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. 69 minutes had been played when some careless play by AFC FUSION's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Orhan Ortanca was slow to take the kick. During this time Buffalo Timişoara's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Buffalo Timişoara's corner Orhan Ortanca fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Gabri Arias quite easily take care of the ball. Buffalo Timişoara's Hunor Csapó played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Lope in the 71st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albano Francho in the 72nd minute of play forced Buffalo Timişoara's goalkeeper Hunor Csapó to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in AFC FUSION's zone, Alin Şantău stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gabri Arias came out of the goal and Alin Şantău tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 77 minutes into the match, Valentin Voicu dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gabri Arias, 0-6. With a little luck, AFC FUSION's Gabri Arias got control of the ball when Augusto Benitez tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 86 minutes AFC FUSION's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Orhan Ortanca who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Alin Şantău heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Ruperto Chepe hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Orhan Ortanca's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gabri Arias read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 90th minute of play. When Magno Dantas fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Buffalo Timişoara's protests and gave Magno Dantas a yellow card for diving instead. Magno Dantas hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. When the final whistle sounded Buffalo Timişoara left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than AFC FUSION.