Official Cup

CRISTY ARENA VITAN
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Silviu Hagi made the kick off which started today's match. After some careless play in the YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM defense, Nicu Nichitelea kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Silviu Popan. The YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Silviu Popan should have stopped the shot. In the 10th minute Mei Yi Xi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silviu Popan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. POLI TIMISOARA were awarded a corner in the 11th minute after YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Filip Buculeasa took the corner. The corner ended in Filip Buculeasa almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM's Silviu Popan did a great save. Liviu Stamate kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. Silviu Popan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicu Nichitelea, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. POLI TIMISOARA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Filip Buculeasa in the 18th minute. Filip Buculeasa made a great header on POLI TIMISOARA's corner, it was just that YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM's Silviu Popan managed to reach the ball for a save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nicu Nichitelea in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Silviu Popan saved YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Mei Yi Xi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Silviu Popan was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. POLI TIMISOARA's Mihai Domuță played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liviu Stamate in the 23rd minute of play. Nicu Nichitelea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Silviu Popan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Filip Buculeasa went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 33rd minute Mei Yi Xi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silviu Popan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nicu Nichitelea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Silviu Popan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 38 minutes into the game, Mei Yi Xi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Silviu Popan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Nicu Nichitelea's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Silviu Popan was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Silviu Popan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicu Nichitelea in the 53rd minute of the match. Vintilă Iftode made in the 54th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Cosmin Harbuz however managed to control. In the 56th minute, Nicu Nichitelea ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Silviu Popan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Isac Panait kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. POLI TIMISOARA made a substitution. Taha Tanbek replaced Eduard Zgabei. POLI TIMISOARA made a substitution. Jarbas Prestes replaced Mei Yi Xi. Nicu Nichitelea was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 64th minute. POLI TIMISOARA's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Silviu Popan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nicu Nichitelea's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. POLI TIMISOARA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Filip Buculeasa in the 69th minute. In the 70th minute, Isac Panait hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Silviu Popan was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Jarbas Prestes showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 80 minute of play. YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM's Silviu Popan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicu Nichitelea in the 83rd minute of play. Silviu Popan made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Jarbas Prestes sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 88 minutes, Nicu Nichitelea took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Silviu Popan to make any attempt to save it. When the match was over POLI TIMISOARA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM throughout the match.