Official Cup

Cluj Arena
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Costel Mutu's late challenge caught a Carpathians's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Costel Mutu helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Wolves Academy getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Costel Mutu hit a great ball. Wolves Academy's Emilian Stoiculescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Gotti in the 5th minute of play. In the 7th minute, Nichifor Hurezan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bruno Gotti scored 0-2 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emilian Stoiculescu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Basarab Pârcălab took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nichifor Hurezan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Wolves Academy's zone, Bruno Gotti stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emilian Stoiculescu came out of the goal and Bruno Gotti tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nichifor Hurezan hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. 22 minutes into the match, Bruno Gotti had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emilian Stoiculescu. Wolves Academy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bruno Gotti was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After 25 minutes, Bruno Gotti made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. Wolves Academy's Emilian Stoiculescu tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Emilian Stoiculescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Gotti in the 28th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bruno Gotti in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Emilian Stoiculescu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Emilian Stoiculescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leontin Titulescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Leontin Titulescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bruno Gotti hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Wolves Academy's Emilian Stoiculescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Gotti in the 40th minute of play. In the 40th minute, Bruno Gotti ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Emilian Stoiculescu was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. After 44 minutes of play, Carpathians's Bruno Gotti made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emilian Stoiculescu was left in no man's land by his defense there! 48 minutes into the game, Carpathians's Claudio Gentile nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emilian Stoiculescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-7.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Claudio Gentile made a kick off. Emilian Stoiculescu didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Carpathians's Bruno Gotti shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-8 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 62nd minute, Carmen Johannis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 69th minute, Samuel Iztal left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Carpathians fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-11. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Claudio Gentile in the 73rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Emilian Stoiculescu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Emilian Stoiculescu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bruno Gotti in the 74th minute. Leontin Titulescu kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. After 77 minutes, Sergiu Manciulea mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Wolves Academy and the Carpathians players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Wolves Academy's Sergiu Manciulea got a free kick in the 77th minute. 82 minutes into the game, Carpathians's Samuel Iztal nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emilian Stoiculescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-12. After a rather tough play, Wolves Academy's Leontin Hăvârneanu got a free kick in the 86th minute. After 93 minutes of play, Carpathians's Samuel Iztal made it 0-14 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emilian Stoiculescu was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the final whistle sounded Carpathians left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Wolves Academy.