Official Cup

Dacia Ripensis Arena
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Enrique Cassaretto made the kick off which started today's match. 6 minutes into the match, CD Municipal's goal looked a bit too open when Agapito Diaz came free, but George Forsyth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by CD Municipal's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Adrian Neubauer was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Temeswar Banat's players had a chance to rest. FC Temeswar Banat's Adrian Neubauer was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but George Forsyth in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 8 minutes into the match, CD Municipal's goalkeeper George Forsyth had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Trendafil Dzhendov. If Evtim Kúrdzhev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 18 minutes into the match, CD Municipal's goalkeeper George Forsyth had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Trendafil Dzhendov. 22 minutes into the match, FC Temeswar Banat's goal looked a bit too open when Enrique Cassaretto came free, but Aimé Holtmann reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 27th minute FC Temeswar Banat were awarded a corner. Adrian Neubauer went to the cornerflag to take it. Adrian Neubauer took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised George Forsyth. George Forsyth dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. 34 minutes into the match, CD Municipal's goal looked a bit too open when Agapito Diaz came free, but George Forsyth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Trendafil Dzhendov got free with George Forsyth in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 39 minutes of play, CD Municipal's Evtim Kúrdzhev made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aimé Holtmann was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Trendafil Dzhendov managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Temeswar Banat's supporters rose to their feet, but Trendafil Dzhendov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. George Forsyth breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. FC Temeswar Banat's attentive Benigno Osmundo managed to snatch the ball when Oliver Ramon made a throw-in in the 44th minute of the game. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

George Forsyth showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Agapito Diaz, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. The crowd rose to their feet as CD Municipal's Enrique Cassaretto slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Aimé Holtmann. That made the score 1-2 after 54 minutes of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Enrique Cassaretto got free with Aimé Holtmann in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 63rd minute, Oliver Ramon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. CD Municipal made a substitution. Gunnar Ekrot replaced Zlatan Molina. In the 63rd match minute, CD Municipal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oliver Ramon to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Neubauer in the 65th minute of play forced CD Municipal's goalkeeper George Forsyth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Enrique Cassaretto got free with Aimé Holtmann in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Enrique Cassaretto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Enrique Cassaretto could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Aimé Holtmann made a huge save. In the 73rd minute Agapito Diaz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but George Forsyth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Adrian Neubauer hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. In the 78th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Temeswar Banat's goalkeeper Aimé Holtmann, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 80 minutes FC Temeswar Banat's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Aureliano Buendia who took care of the corner kick. Aimé Holtmann was a little too slow when Enrique Cassaretto got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 83rd minute. The score was now 1-3. A collision led to CD Municipal getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Tulio Andinyach hit a great ball. The FC Temeswar Banat supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching CD Municipal's performance. The match ended with a win for CD Municipal.