Official Cup

Potcoava Visinie
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Augustin Pantilimon kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gonçalo Martins in the 3rd minute of play forced Arsenal Giulesti's goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Augustin Pantilimon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Davi Silva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ultra Copos FC ™'s Davi Silva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Augustin Pantilimon in the 6th minute of play. Arsenal Giulesti's Ilie Lazãr was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Davi Silva in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Lucrețiu Mihăescu hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gonçalo Martins in the 11th minute of play forced Arsenal Giulesti's goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Arsenal Giulesti's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Telmo Baptista was slow to take the kick. During this time Ultra Copos FC ™'s players had a chance to rest. Egídio Valadares was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Davi Silva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augustin Pantilimon in the 18th minute of the match. In the 19th minute Arsenal Giulesti were awarded a corner. Ilie Lazãr went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Arsenal Giulesti's Grigore Oblemenco to a score. 1-0 in the 20th minute. Davi Silva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augustin Pantilimon in the 25th minute of the match. Arsenal Giulesti's Helmuth Duckadam played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gonçalo Martins in the 29th minute of play. After 33 played minutes Ultra Copos FC ™ got a freekick which was hit by Olívio Nunes. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vali Barbăsură in the 38th minute of play forced Ultra Copos FC ™'s goalkeeper Davi Silva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd minute, Vali Barbăsură made a precise shot to the right of Davi Silva. Ultra Copos FC ™'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Lucrețiu Mihăescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Davi Silva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gonçalo Martins to make the kick off. When Augustin Pantilimon came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Arsenal Giulesti 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 Augustin Pantilimon couldn't finish the play. In the 58th minute, Telmo Baptista hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 62ndth minute of the game Lucrețiu Mihăescu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ultra Copos FC ™'s Davi Silva was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Davi Silva stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Augustin Pantilimon's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Ultra Copos FC ™'s goalie and right to Vali Barbăsură. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Ultra Copos FC ™'s manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 69th minute, Ultra Copos FC ™'s Telmo Baptista seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Telmo Baptista the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Ultra Copos FC ™ protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Telmo Baptista had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 68th minute, one of Ultra Copos FC ™:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Ultra Copos FC ™. The referee gave Arsenal Giulesti a penalty, 71 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ilie Lazãr, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Ultra Copos FC ™'s Davi Silva. 3-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Augustin Pantilimon in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Davi Silva saved Ultra Copos FC ™ from getting behind. Davi Silva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augustin Pantilimon in the 77th minute of the match. Davi Silva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marius Macovei, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Davi Silva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucrețiu Mihăescu in the 94th minute of the match. Davi Silva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marius Macovei, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Arsenal Giulesti's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.