Official Cup

Hall of Valhalla
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cătălin Cosâmbescu started the match with the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's Aristide Fetea slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Lino de Toledo. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. Lino de Toledo was a little too slow when Cătălin Cosâmbescu got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 6th minute. The score was now 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cătălin Cosâmbescu in the 13th minute of play forced Minuim SS's goalkeeper Lino de Toledo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lino de Toledo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cătălin Cosâmbescu in the 25th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cătălin Cosâmbescu in the 27th minute of play forced Minuim SS's goalkeeper Lino de Toledo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Minuim SS's Lino de Toledo got control of the ball when Virgil Jupân tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 30th minute, Mazinho Berger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpected shot in the 32nd minute by Cătălin Cosâmbescu got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Dacian Ghițescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reynaldo Gaspar, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. In the 35th match minute, PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Virgil Jupân to maneuver through the defense. In the 36th minute of the match Paulo José Moraes shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dacian Ghițescu showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 41 minutes of play, PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's Virgil Jupân made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lino de Toledo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mircea Jupân came free with the goalkeeper in the 44th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Lino de Toledo could save by the left post. After 45 played minutes Minuim SS got a freekick which was hit by Reynaldo Gaspar. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Reynaldo Gaspar to make the kick off. Lino de Toledo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Virgil Jupân in the 58th minute of the match. 64 minutes into the match, Minuim SS's goal looked a bit too open when Cătălin Cosâmbescu came free, but Lino de Toledo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cătălin Cosâmbescu in the 75th minute of play forced Minuim SS's goalkeeper Lino de Toledo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Mircea Jupân managed to get in a good position for a shot. PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's supporters rose to their feet, but Mircea Jupân was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lino de Toledo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cătălin Cosâmbescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lino de Toledo having to interfere. In the 86th minute, Virgil Jupân made a precise shot to the right of Lino de Toledo. Minuim SS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.