Official Cup

Buffalo Arena
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Andrei Zâncă started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Moise Oroian hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. A hard shot by Mugur Hudiță from long distance, 7 minutes into the match, got Eliodor Buciu's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Eliodor Petran could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Eliodor Buciu made a huge save. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Buffalo Timişoara's goalkeeper David Chițes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. YR☆Bald Eagle™'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dragoş Codreanu in the 25th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eliodor Petran got free with Eliodor Buciu in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match had gone on for 31 minutes, Iustinian Gurlui took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Eliodor Buciu to make any attempt to save it. 37 minutes into the match, Buffalo Timişoara's goal looked a bit too open when Vintilă Ticulescu came free, but David Chițes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 44th minute, Emil Danciu 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. David Chițes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emil Danciu in the 46th minute of play. In the 47th minute, Valeriu Paraschivescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. David Chițes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dragoş Codreanu went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Vintilă Ticulescu to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Calistrat Stoican in the 53rd minute of play forced Buffalo Timişoara's goalkeeper David Chițes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eliodor Petran sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eliodor Buciu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Andrei Zâncă's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iustinian Gurlui in the 77th minute of play forced YR☆Bald Eagle™'s goalkeeper Eliodor Buciu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Buffalo Timişoara's David Chițes got control of the ball when Vintilă Ticulescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. 93 minutes into the game, Emil Danciu recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of David Chițes. Emil Danciu showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. David Chițes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vintilă Ticulescu in the 97th minute of the match. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.