Official Cup

Franck Ribery Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) 9 minutes into the game, Eric Şerbănescu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Martin Tudor was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Martin Tudor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luisão Romero in the 14th minute of play. 17 minutes into the game, Vintilă Marinică was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Progresul Pitesti's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Romos FC the free kick. In the 17th minute, Vintilă Marinică hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 17 minutes into the match, Progresul Pitesti's goal looked a bit too open when Wu Cheng De came free, but Martin Tudor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Romos FC's Luisão Romero in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Progresul Pitesti's goalie prevented a goal. Luisão Romero sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 25 minutes into the match, Progresul Pitesti's goal looked a bit too open when Eric Şerbănescu came free, but Martin Tudor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute Eric Şerbănescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Martin Tudor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 32nd minute Chorache Tofiño shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovidiu Cosâmbescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 36 minutes into the match, Progresul Pitesti's goal looked a bit too open when Luisão Romero came free, but Martin Tudor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Martin Tudor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luisão Romero in the 39th minute of play. Martin Tudor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wu Cheng De in the 43rd minute of play. After 46 minutes of play, Romos FC's Luisão Romero made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Martin Tudor was left in no man's land by his defense there! 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.

In the 51stth minute of the game Luisão Romero who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Progresul Pitesti's Martin Tudor was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ovidiu Cosâmbescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vasile Blănaru, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 58th minute Luisão Romero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Martin Tudor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 58thth minute of the game Luisão Romero who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Progresul Pitesti's Martin Tudor was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 64 minutes into the match, Karol Czempa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ovidiu Cosâmbescu. Romos FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Karol Czempa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Anton Teofil kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. If Karol Czempa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Martin Tudor made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wu Cheng De in the 72nd minute. In the 74th minute, Karol Czempa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 78 minutes in the game, Gabriel-Alejandro Cristian dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Progresul Pitesti's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Florin Logofătu in the 82nd minute. Chorache Tofiño made a great header on Progresul Pitesti's corner, it was just that Romos FC's Ovidiu Cosâmbescu managed to reach the ball for a save. 84 minutes into the match, Progresul Pitesti's goalkeeper Martin Tudor had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Anton Teofil. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eric Şerbănescu in the 86th minute of play forced Progresul Pitesti's goalkeeper Martin Tudor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Romos FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Wu Cheng De in the 87th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Progresul Pitesti's goalie and right to Gabriel-Alejandro Cristian. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Progresul Pitesti's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Ovidiu Cosâmbescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karol Czempa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ovidiu Cosâmbescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vasile Blănaru in the 91st minute of the match. Progresul Pitesti's Vasile Blănaru got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Romos FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.