Official Cup

GROAPA CU LEI
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cristinel Leluțiu got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Rovine Craiova's Cristinel Leluțiu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ludwig Fransson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. In the 7th minute, Team Xtra personell's Morgan Martinsson seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Morgan Martinsson the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Team Xtra personell protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Morgan Martinsson had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandru Tudorică in the 8th minute of play forced Team Xtra personell's goalkeeper Ludwig Fransson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th minute, Rovine Craiova's Cristinel Leluțiu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Martin Ekström's late challenge caught a Rovine Craiova's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Martin Ekström helped the player get up and apologised. Ludwig Fransson made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Alexandru Tudorică sent off a good shot on target. Jyrki Saarelainen received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ludwig Fransson came out and tried to block the shot, but Jyrki Saarelainen slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 23rd minute. When Cristinel Leluțiu came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Rovine Craiova 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 Cristinel Leluțiu couldn't finish the play. Ludwig Fransson was out of position in the 28 minute of play, and Cristinel Leluțiu capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cristinel Leluțiu really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. Cristinel Leluțiu took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ludwig Fransson. Ludwig Fransson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. Marcel Turcescu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Ludwig Fransson made a huge save. Ludwig Fransson was a little too slow when Cristinel Leluțiu got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 42nd minute. The score was now 6-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 6-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Niclas Blom to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute of the match Rovine Craiova got a corner. Team Xtra personell's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Alexandru Tudorică ran over to the corner to take the kick. Ludwig Fransson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristinel Leluțiu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Niclas Blom was extremely unlucky when he, in the 58th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Rovine Craiova's goalkeeper Dorin Arșanu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the match clock showed 66 minutes, the score became 7-0 when Marcel Turcescu sped through Team Xtra personell's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ludwig Fransson. Ludwig Fransson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristinel Leluțiu in the 71st minute of play. Ludwig Fransson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexandru Tudorică in the 73rd minute of the match. Cristinel Leluțiu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jyrki Saarelainen took the ball and in the 77 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ludwig Fransson. Ludwig Fransson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. Marcel Turcescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Ludwig Fransson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 82nd minute, Marcel Turcescu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Ludwig Fransson didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Rovine Craiova's Cristinel Leluțiu shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 9-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Ludwig Fransson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristinel Leluțiu in the 94th minute of play. Rovine Craiova walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.