Official Cup

Rising Sun Stadium
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Samurai Champions FC's Peter Santos started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, Rovine Craiova's Gustaw Rasialdo got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Samurai Champions FC's Márcio de Brito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manole Frunză in the 7th minute of play. In the 10th minute Manole Frunză shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Márcio de Brito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Victor Negara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Santos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Victor Negara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Santos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Victor Negara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Santos in the 25th minute of the match. In the 27th minute Alexandru Tudorică shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Márcio de Brito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Márcio de Brito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexandru Tudorică in the 28th minute of play. In the 30th minute Peter Santos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victor Negara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Márcio de Brito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexandru Tudorică in the 34th minute of the match. 38 minutes into the match, Samurai Champions FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jyrki Saarelainen came free, but Márcio de Brito reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcu Vârjean made in the 39th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Flavius Simionescu however managed to control. 44 minutes into the match, Samurai Champions FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jyrki Saarelainen came free, but Márcio de Brito reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Samurai Champions FC's Márcio de Brito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexandru Tudorică in the 46th minute of play. Márcio de Brito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manole Frunză, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. After 48 minutes Samurai Champions FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Marcu Vârjean who took care of the corner kick. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Rovine Craiova's Victor Negara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peter Santos in the 56th minute of play. Samurai Champions FC's Cido Recife was substituted for Peter Santos. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cido Recife in the 69th minute of play forced Rovine Craiova's goalkeeper Victor Negara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Victor Negara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cido Recife in the 73rd minute of play. Manole Frunză made in the 75th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Samurai Champions FC's Faustão Ramalho. In the 79th match minute, Samurai Champions FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luís Eduardo Batista to maneuver through the defense. In the 82nd minute Cido Recife shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victor Negara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Marcu Vârjean fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rovine Craiova's protests and gave Marcu Vârjean a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Rovine Craiova's Marcu Vârjean got a free kick in the 83rd minute. In the 89th minute, Alfredo Di Cintio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Victor Negara was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Rovine Craiova's Kacper Štilić quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Faustão Ramalho, made in the 93rd minute of the game. In the 96th match minute, Rovine Craiova was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manole Frunză to maneuver through the defense. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.