Official Cup

Maidan Arena
Spectators: 187 (Terracing: 141, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) Cornel Bourceanu started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Cornel Bourceanu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Codrin Vrabie tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cornel Doman hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Virgil Lixandru showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucrețiu Blejan, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Codrin Vrabie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cornel Bourceanu in the 11th minute of the match. Cornel Bourceanu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cornel Bourceanu received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Codrin Vrabie came out and tried to block the shot, but Cornel Bourceanu slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 22nd minute. A collision led to Cere getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Lucrețiu Blejan hit a great ball. After 27 played minutes Cere got a freekick which was hit by Vintilă Cămărășan. After 28 minutes of play, Juventus PTM's Cornel Doman made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Codrin Vrabie was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucrețiu Blejan in the 32nd minute of play forced Juventus PTM's goalkeeper Virgil Lixandru to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Codrin Vrabie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cornel Bourceanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vali Enoiu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Codrin Vrabie took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cornel Bourceanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cere's Mihail Zogreanu pulled a muscle in his back after 58 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Valeriu Videanu during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Cere's Niculae Anastasiu was substituted for Mihail Zogreanu. A collision led to Juventus PTM getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Valeriu Videanu hit a great ball. The supporters of Juventus PTM booed when Cere was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Toader Bacanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. 65 minutes into the match, Nicolae Plopșor dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Virgil Lixandru, 2-1. The referee felt a red card was in order, 76 minutes into the game, when Mugur Silişteanu put in a rough tackle. In the 75th minute, one of Juventus PTM:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Juventus PTM. The referee gave Cere a penalty, 77 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Nicolae Plopșor, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Juventus PTM's Virgil Lixandru. 2-2. When Toader Bacanu fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cere's protests and gave Toader Bacanu a yellow card for diving instead. In the 84th minute, Toader Bacanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolae Plopșor in the 92nd minute of play forced Juventus PTM's goalkeeper Virgil Lixandru to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 94th minute, Nicolae Plopșor hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 96th match minute, Juventus PTM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valer Donici to maneuver through the defense. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.