Prized/Friendly Cup

Hope stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mihăiţă Iriza took the kick off in the first half of the match. The supporters of Flying Dutch booed when Hope AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manole Brănescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alexsandro Tróia hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Luís Paulo Romero made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mihăiţă Iriza in the 5th minute. Hope AFC's 杨俊翀 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niceto Xacintu in the 12th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, Flying Dutch's goal looked a bit too open when Bordat Aries came free, but Luís Paulo Romero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mihăiţă Iriza kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. 杨俊翀 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexsandro Tróia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihăiţă Iriza in the 24th minute of play forced Flying Dutch's goalkeeper Luís Paulo Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luís Paulo Romero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mihăiţă Iriza in the 35th minute of the match. Luís Paulo Romero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bordat Aries in the 44th minute of play. A collision led to Flying Dutch getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Rodolfo Santos hit a great ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Niceto Xacintu to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, Flying Dutch was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xu Jing to maneuver through the defense. In the 56th minute Manole Brănescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Paulo Romero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Flying Dutch's Luís Paulo Romero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mihăiţă Iriza in the 62nd minute of play. Luís Paulo Romero came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by Hope AFC's Radu Geangu. But to his dismay, Radu Geangu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Hope AFC's Codrin Ieremia was substituted for Tommie Jorna. Hope AFC made a substitution. Ioan Ploieșteanu replaced Bordat Aries. In the 68th minute, Radu Geangu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hope AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. 70 minutes into the match, Hope AFC's Mihăiţă Iriza sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Luís Paulo Romero narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Niceto Xacintu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Flying Dutch's supporters rose to their feet, but Niceto Xacintu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 杨俊翀 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Manole Brănescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ioan Ploieșteanu in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Luís Paulo Romero prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Ioan Ploieșteanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luís Paulo Romero was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. After 85 minutes Flying Dutch's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Manole Bogza who took care of the corner kick. 87 minutes into the match, Flying Dutch's goal looked a bit too open when Manole Brănescu came free, but Luís Paulo Romero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 88 minutes Flying Dutch's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Manole Bogza who took care of the corner kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niceto Xacintu in the 91st minute of play forced Hope AFC's goalkeeper 杨俊翀 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 93 minutes into the game, Manole Brănescu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Luís Paulo Romero was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the referee ended the match the Hope AFC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.