Prized/Friendly Cup

Stelian - Ivan Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After some careless play in the Taltum FC defense, Sabin Panciu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Valencia Cifuentes. The Taltum FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Valencia Cifuentes should have stopped the shot. Valencia Cifuentes came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Sabin Panciu. But to his dismay, Sabin Panciu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Valencia Cifuentes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sabin Panciu in the 12th minute. Wawa Doro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valencia Cifuentes having to interfere. In the 15th match minute, Taltum FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edson Berinduaga to maneuver through the defense. With an all-out effort, Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Valencia Cifuentes threw himself towards the right post 17 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Wawa Doro, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Valencia Cifuentes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sabin Panciu, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. After a rather tough play, Taltum FC's Franklin Polo got a free kick in the 21st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sabin Panciu got free with Valencia Cifuentes in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sabin Panciu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Valencia Cifuentes made a huge save. After 28 minutes of play, Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Wawa Doro made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valencia Cifuentes was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Diaz Ayo in the 31st minute of play forced Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's goalkeeper Alex Ţirpe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Moise Stejaru got a free kick in the 31st minute. In the 34th minute Diaz Ayo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alex Ţirpe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ionel Manolescu charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ionel Manolescu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ionel Manolescu kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. When Sabin Panciu came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Batalionul U23 Dorobanti 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 Sabin Panciu couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xines Herriaga in the 44th minute of play forced Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's goalkeeper Alex Ţirpe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valencia Cifuentes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wawa Doro in the 46th minute of play. 47 minutes into the game, Wawa Doro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Valencia Cifuentes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Xines Herriaga made a kick off. Valencia Cifuentes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wawa Doro in the 58th minute of play. Valencia Cifuentes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sabin Panciu, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. The audience was convinced that Wawa Doro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Valencia Cifuentes was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. The supporters of Batalionul U23 Dorobanti booed when Taltum FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edson Berinduaga didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alex Ţirpe made an important save on a dangerous shot by Franklin Polo in the 68th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Moise Stejaru in the 70th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Valencia Cifuentes prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Valencia Cifuentes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sabin Panciu's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. Valencia Cifuentes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Moise Stejaru in the 74th minute of the match. In the 76th minute, Sabin Panciu made a precise shot to the right of Valencia Cifuentes. Taltum FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sabin Panciu in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Valencia Cifuentes saved Taltum FC from getting behind. Alex Ţirpe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Franklin Polo, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Valencia Cifuentes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sabin Panciu in the 85th minute of the match. Valencia Cifuentes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sabin Panciu in the 87th minute of the match. Taltum FC's Valencia Cifuentes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wawa Doro in the 88th minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, Taltum FC's goal looked a bit too open when Sabin Panciu came free, but Valencia Cifuentes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Batalionul U23 Dorobanti fully deserved thier win.