Official Cup

Slatina Stadium
Spectators: 171 (Terracing: 129, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) FC Oltul Slatina's Codrin Petculescu started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 11th minute, Iosif Melinte hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 13th minute, Cristian Macaneață left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC MeHigh fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Iosif Melinte during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Iosif Melinte kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Codrin Petculescu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Nae Fundătoreanu made a huge save. Codrin Petculescu kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. After having played for 29 minutes, Călin Irimia managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC MeHigh's supporters crossed their fingers, but Călin Irimia was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When FC MeHigh's Cristian Macaneață in the 31st minute got a chance for a shot 31st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Oltul Slatina's goalie prevented a goal. In the 33rdth minute of the game Călin Irimia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Oltul Slatina's Nistor Ghercioiu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When George Curteanu came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the FC MeHigh 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 George Curteanu couldn't finish the play. 39 minutes into the match, FC MeHigh's goal looked a bit too open when Vlad Zglobiu came free, but Nae Fundătoreanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 43 minutes, George Curteanu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC MeHigh's supporters crossed their fingers, but George Curteanu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 44th match minute, FC Oltul Slatina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonard Chitila to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Călin Irimia in the 47th minute of play forced FC Oltul Slatina's goalkeeper Nistor Ghercioiu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cristian Macaneață made a kick off. Cristian Macaneață's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 51stth minute, Nistor Ghercioiu skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 54th minute Vlad Zglobiu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nae Fundătoreanu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to FC MeHigh getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Anton Barboni hit a great ball. FC Oltul Slatina made a substitution. Narcis Minda replaced Augustin Arsene. After a rather tough play, FC MeHigh's Anton Barboni got a free kick in the 56th minute. When FC MeHigh's Cristian Macaneață in the 61st minute got a chance for a shot 61st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Oltul Slatina's goalie prevented a goal. In the 64th minute, Călin Irimia made a precise shot to the right of Nistor Ghercioiu. FC Oltul Slatina's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Iosif Melinte hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Nistor Ghercioiu made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Cristian Macaneață sent off a good shot on target. George Curteanu scored 0-3 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nistor Ghercioiu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nistor Ghercioiu didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when FC MeHigh's Cristian Macaneață shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-4 in the ordered_time% minute. Leonard Chitila hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Nistor Ghercioiu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Macaneață, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. A hard shot 82 in the game by Cristian Macaneață from a close distance when the talented Nistor Ghercioiu managed to make a qualified save. FC Oltul Slatina's players were relieved. Costică Simionescu's late challenge caught a FC MeHigh's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Costică Simionescu helped the player get up and apologised. In the 83rd match minute, FC Oltul Slatina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Costică Simionescu to maneuver through the defense. In the 86th minute Vlad Zglobiu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nae Fundătoreanu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristian Macaneațăs short, quick shot in the 89thth minute got Nistor Ghercioiu to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Macaneață in the 90th minute of play forced FC Oltul Slatina's goalkeeper Nistor Ghercioiu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. George Curteanu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Nistor Ghercioiu made a huge save. With his leg Nistor Ghercioiu managed to avoid a goal in the 95thth minute, when FC MeHigh's Cristian Macaneață fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When the match was over FC MeHigh could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FC Oltul Slatina throughout the match.