Official Cup

FIRE Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Victor Paulescu kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Firefighter BT ★Dac★ getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Victor Paulescu hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Constantin Hidișan in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg George Frântu saved Firefighter BT ★Dac★ from getting behind. George Frântu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gigel Urduban, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. When the match had gone on for 14 minutes, Constantin Hidișan put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of George Frântu. If Constantin Hidișan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 19th minute, Grigore Apăvăloaie hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Constantin Hidișan in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg George Frântu saved Firefighter BT ★Dac★ from getting behind. In the 26th minute of the match Petre Babarada shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but George Frântu showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. George Frântu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gigel Urduban in the 32nd minute of play. George Frântu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gigel Urduban's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. Constantin Hidișan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without George Frântu having to interfere. Constantin Hidișan took the ball and in the 41 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised George Frântu. George Frântu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. In the 48th minute Gigel Urduban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but George Frântu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gigel Urduban stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Victor Paulescu's late challenge caught a Carpathian Wolves's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Victor Paulescu helped the player get up and apologised. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gigel Urduban in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck George Frântu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. George Frântu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gigel Urduban in the 61st minute of the match. Gigel Urduban sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Firefighter BT ★Dac★'s Grigore Apăvăloaie got a free kick in the 66th minute. Gigel Urduban might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over George Frântu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gigel Urduban ran back to his position shaking his head. Petre Babarada was shown his second yellow card after 86 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to Carpathian Wolves getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Petre Babarada hit a great ball. The Carpathian Wolves players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.