Official Cup

Blue Arena
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Augustin Ştefănuţ started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, BlueLionesse's goal looked a bit too open when Vali Papaiani came free, but Jonas Hermansson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonas Hermansson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vali Papaiani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 4 minutes of play, FC BRADUL -MM-'s Vali Papaiani made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonas Hermansson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jonas Hermansson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Pantiș in the 9th minute of play. After a rather tough play, BlueLionesse's Emy Marioara got a free kick in the 16th minute. Jonas Hermansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edu Ramos in the 19th minute of the match. After 20 minutes BlueLionesse's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Edu Ramos who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Edu Ramos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonas Hermansson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 27th minute, Manuel Pantiș hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Claudiu Mârza took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 28th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marius Niculescu. FC BRADUL -MM-'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Augustin Ştefănuţ in the 31st minute of play forced FC BRADUL -MM-'s goalkeeper Marius Niculescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37th minute Narcis Godeanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonas Hermansson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, FC BRADUL -MM-'s Marius Niculescu got control of the ball when Augustin Ştefănuţ tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 45 played minutes FC BRADUL -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Ionel Pârvulescu. FC BRADUL -MM-'s Marius Niculescu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save FC BRADUL -MM- from getting a goal against them. After the first half FC BRADUL -MM- were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

FC BRADUL -MM- made a substitution. Dorin Cârțan replaced Vali Papaiani. FC BRADUL -MM- made a substitution. Costică Hârșu replaced Valeriu Zăraşcu. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Manuel Pantiș to make the kick off. The supporters of BlueLionesse booed when FC BRADUL -MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ionel Pârvulescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. 60 minutes into the game, Augustin Ştefănuţ was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. BlueLionesse's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC BRADUL -MM- the free kick. If Costel Pacuraru had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 66 played minutes BlueLionesse got a freekick which was hit by Irinel Gheondea. If Dorin Cârțan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marius Niculescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Augustin Ştefănuţ, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Edu Ramos had several of the BlueLionesse's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 76 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-3 score and a disappointed Jonas Hermansson as he didn't even see the shot coming. Marius Niculescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jiang Zhi Ling in the 78th minute of play. BlueLionesse made a substitution. Emilian Stolnicu replaced Emy Marioara. BlueLionesse's Huang Shu was substituted for Augustin Ştefănuţ. A nice corner shot did that Zhuang Quan got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marius Niculescu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. If Dorin Cârțan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Huang Shu in the 89th minute of play forced FC BRADUL -MM-'s goalkeeper Marius Niculescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. BlueLionesse's Jonas Hermansson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save BlueLionesse from getting a goal against them. In the 94th match minute, FC BRADUL -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfredo Paulista to maneuver through the defense. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 97th minute of the game. One of FC BRADUL -MM-:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of BlueLionesse:s goal. The referee gave BlueLionesse a penalty, 99 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Jiang Zhi Ling, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of FC BRADUL -MM-'s Marius Niculescu. 1-3.