Official Cup

St James Park
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) An unexpectedly hard shot by Valeriu Goma in the 3rd minute of play forced Newcastle United F.C.'s goalkeeper Viktor Sjöman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 6th minute Sebastian Orășan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Viktor Sjöman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 7th minute, Lars Nordmark left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Newcastle United F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 13 minutes into the game, DINAMO PLOIESTI's Sebastian Orășan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Viktor Sjöman made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Ionică Costăchescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With 19 minutes on the clock, Joakim Bryngelsson commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. A collision led to Newcastle United F.C. getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Joakim Bryngelsson hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Newcastle United F.C. defense, Ionică Costăchescu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Viktor Sjöman. The Newcastle United F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Viktor Sjöman should have stopped the shot. Albin Drewitz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Gelu Galușcă tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Viktor Sjöman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ionică Costăchescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. After 38 played minutes Newcastle United F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Kent Wik. Viktor Sjöman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ionică Costăchescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th minute, Kent Wik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gică Vulcan hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Gelu Galușcă showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henning Lidberg in the 47th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Valeriu Goma to strike the kick off in the second half. Gelu Galușcă made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simon Västlund in the 58th minute of play. A collision led to DINAMO PLOIESTI getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Alex Gogu hit a great ball. The supporters of DINAMO PLOIESTI booed when Newcastle United F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Niklas Kvalfält didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 74th play minute Ionică Costăchescu came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Viktor Sjöman. 1-4. 79 minutes into the match, Ionică Costăchescu notched a goal, 1-5, to the right of Newcastle United F.C.'s Viktor Sjöman. Viktor Sjöman was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Sebastian Pană hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Gelu Galușcă made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albin Drewitz in the 87th minute of play.