Official Cup

Valentin Stanescu
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bogdan Stolniciu started the match with the kick off. Cetatea Suceava's Liviu Aldulescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emmanuel Pennington in the 2nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wes Nichols in the 5th minute of play forced Cetatea Suceava's goalkeeper Liviu Aldulescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Liviu Aldulescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cyprian Rosen in the 9th minute of play. Liviu Aldulescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emmanuel Pennington in the 15th minute of play. 16 minutes into the game, Recolta Alamor's Chris Bateman nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Liviu Aldulescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The audience was convinced that Emmanuel Pennington's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Liviu Aldulescu was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 23 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Emmanuel Pennington sped through Cetatea Suceava's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Liviu Aldulescu. Liviu Aldulescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Bateman in the 30th minute of the match. Liviu Aldulescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wes Nichols, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Jerrod Dickinson hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emmanuel Pennington to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogdan Stolniciu in the 66th minute of play forced Recolta Alamor's goalkeeper Yoel Quevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Chris Bateman managed to get in a good position for a shot. Recolta Alamor's supporters rose to their feet, but Chris Bateman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Liviu Aldulescu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Recolta Alamor's Yoel Quevedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogdan Stolniciu in the 71st minute of play. When Norman Donnelly came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Recolta Alamor fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Norman Donnelly couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Bogdan Stolniciu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yoel Quevedo was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. Yoel Quevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bogdan Stolniciu in the 80th minute of the match. Emmanuel Pennington fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Liviu Aldulescu having to interfere. In the 85th match minute, Cetatea Suceava was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Francesco Alfonsi to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emmanuel Pennington in the 86th minute of play forced Cetatea Suceava's goalkeeper Liviu Aldulescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Recolta Alamor's Yoel Quevedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogdan Stolniciu in the 88th minute of play. Liviu Aldulescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Theodore Cagle, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.