Official Cup

Au City
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Iwo Tamulewicz started the match with the kick off. If Xavi Popescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 8 minutes into the game, Baybars Geylanoğlu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Dave Rinaldi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 12 minutes into the match, Xavi Popescu notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Elegance Dijon's Dave Rinaldi. Dave Rinaldi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 15 played minutes Dacians Academy got a freekick which was hit by Xavi Popescu. Dave Rinaldi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iwo Tamulewicz in the 19th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stéphane Gaudy in the 21st minute of play forced Dacians Academy's goalkeeper Stelian Butuc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manole Anghel in the 24th minute of play forced Elegance Dijon's goalkeeper Dave Rinaldi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thierry Agnel hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. A sloppy throw-in by Bryan Krafft in the 31st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Dacians Academy's Manole Anghel. In the 32ndth minute of the game Iwo Tamulewicz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Elegance Dijon's Dave Rinaldi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Iwo Tamulewicz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dave Rinaldi was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Elegance Dijon's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Stéphane Gaudy in the 37th minute. The corner ended in Stéphane Gaudy almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Dacians Academy's Stelian Butuc did a great save. Dave Rinaldi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iwo Tamulewicz in the 39th minute of the match. Dacians Academy's Stelian Butuc proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save Dacians Academy from getting a goal against them. 45 minutes into the match, Iwo Tamulewicz notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Elegance Dijon's Dave Rinaldi. Dave Rinaldi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fabien Cantin made a kick off. Stelian Butuc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Minaud, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 52nd minute Manole Anghel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dave Rinaldi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 54th minute, Stéphane Gaudy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Elegance Dijon fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Dacians Academy's Stelian Butuc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilles Baur in the 58th minute of play. Dave Rinaldi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Iwo Tamulewicz in the 60th minute. Bryan Krafft hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Elegance Dijon's Dave Rinaldi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iwo Tamulewicz in the 64th minute of play. 69 minutes into the match, Christian Minaud had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stelian Butuc. Dacians Academy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christian Minaud was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. Dacians Academy's Stelian Butuc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stéphane Gaudy in the 77th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Iwo Tamulewicz got free with Dave Rinaldi in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 80th minute of the match, Manole Anghel tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Dave Rinaldi saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 81stth minute of the game Iwo Tamulewicz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Elegance Dijon's Dave Rinaldi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dave Rinaldi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Iwo Tamulewicz's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. Elegance Dijon's Dave Rinaldi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Elegance Dijon from getting a goal against them. Iwo Tamulewicz in the 87thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Dave Rinaldi, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 3-5 became the score in the 89th minute when Iwo Tamulewicz elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After some careless play in the Dacians Academy defense, Fabien Cantin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Stelian Butuc. The Dacians Academy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Stelian Butuc should have stopped the shot. The Dacians Academy players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.