Prized/Friendly Cup

Hall of Valhalla
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Calistrat Şerbănescu started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's goalkeeper Vlad Covrig, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 8 minutes of play, Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Lorenzo James made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vlad Covrig was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 14th match minute, PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adrian Bârsan to maneuver through the defense. In the 16th minute, Benedicto Bihar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Sorin Nicorici hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Benedicto Bihar took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vlad Covrig. Vlad Covrig dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. 22 minutes into the game, Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Benedicto Bihar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vlad Covrig made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Vlad Covrig showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benedicto Bihar in the 25th minute of the match. Vlad Covrig showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lorenzo James in the 28th minute of the match. 34 minutes in the game Adrian Bârsan did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Petruț Crivac. The supporters of Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC booed when PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Petruț Crivac didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Sorin Nicorici hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardo Sasso in the 39th minute of play forced PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's goalkeeper Vlad Covrig to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Benedicto Bihar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st match minute, PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mircea Jupân to maneuver through the defense. Vlad Covrig made an important save on a dangerous shot by Benedicto Bihar in the 53rd minute. After a rather tough play, Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Lorenzo James got a free kick in the 56th minute. Benedicto Bihar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 68th minute, Benedicto Bihar reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vlad Covrig. The goal made the score 0-5. Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Seçkin Öksüzoğlu was substituted for Lorenzo James. Olimpiu Fecioru made in the 74th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Oğuzalp Yetiş. Aykut Canel in the 76thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Vlad Covrig, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 82 minutes into the match, Aykut Canel notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's Vlad Covrig. Vlad Covrig was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 85th minute Damian Cârlan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Batıkan Muhsin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 85 minutes into the match, Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's goal looked a bit too open when Damian Cârlan came free, but Batıkan Muhsin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's Vlad Covrig got control of the ball when Aykut Canel tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's Vlad Covrig got control of the ball when Oğuzalp Yetiş tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca booed when Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oğuzalp Yetiş didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.