League

Triaj Arena
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gavril Mihăescu kicked off to start the match. Andrei Cozmâncă charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Andrei Cozmâncă the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Andrei Cozmâncă hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Codruț Elefterescu in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alens Becker saved Dinamo Triaj from getting behind. In the 7th minute, Doru Banu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alens Becker was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 0-2 became the score in the 9th minute when Codruț Elefterescu elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Dinamo Triaj's Niculae Isvoreanu got a free kick in the 13th minute. Alens Becker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Doru Banu in the 18th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Manuel Stoleru during the 26th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Manuel Stoleru kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. FC VersatileZ's Emilian Babarada played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Will Godfrey in the 28th minute of play. Doru Banu's late challenge caught a Dinamo Triaj's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Doru Banu helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, FC VersatileZ's Doru Banu got a free kick in the 29th minute. In the 31st minute, Pavel Pârvan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC VersatileZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Emilian Babarada came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Dinamo Triaj's Will Godfrey. But to his dismay, Will Godfrey quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. Emilian Babarada made an important save on a dangerous shot by Efrain Joseph in the 39th minute. After a defensive mix-up in FC VersatileZ's zone, Efrain Joseph stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emilian Babarada came out of the goal and Efrain Joseph tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Codruț Elefterescu might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alens Becker. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Codruț Elefterescu ran back to his position shaking his head. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Will Godfrey made a kick off. Flavius Săndoi charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Flavius Săndoi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The audience was convinced that Will Godfrey's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emilian Babarada was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Efrain Joseph in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Emilian Babarada saved FC VersatileZ from getting behind. Efrain Joseph might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Emilian Babarada. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Efrain Joseph ran back to his position shaking his head. 79 minutes into the match, FC VersatileZ's goal looked a bit too open when Efrain Joseph came free, but Emilian Babarada reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Efrain Joseph sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Efrain Joseph fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emilian Babarada having to interfere. Efrain Joseph scored 3-3 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emilian Babarada, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 91 minutes into the match, Efrain Joseph had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emilian Babarada. FC VersatileZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Efrain Joseph was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-3. 96 minutes into the match, Dinamo Triaj's Will Godfrey sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Emilian Babarada narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Dinamo Triaj's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.