Official Cup

Dinamo
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Manole Frunză made the kick off which started today's match. Republica Ploiești's Manuel Lăcătuș proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Republica Ploiești from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Republica Ploiești getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Cosmin Chiriță hit a great ball. In the 7th minute Dacian Dinescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manuel Lăcătuș saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Manuel Lăcătuș made an important save on a dangerous shot by Manole Frunză in the 9th minute. After 12 played minutes Republica Ploiești got a freekick which was hit by Costel Lepuș. After a rather tough play, Republica Ploiești's Cezar Costeiantu got a free kick in the 13th minute. Manole Frunză might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Manuel Lăcătuș. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Manole Frunză ran back to his position shaking his head. Manuel Lăcătuș showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cezar Cernescu in the 20th minute of the match. In the 23rd match minute, Dinamo Brasov was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mehmet Emrah Oktan to maneuver through the defense. Manuel Lăcătuș made an important save on a dangerous shot by Manole Frunză in the 24th minute. After some careless play in the Republica Ploiești defense, Manole Frunză kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Manuel Lăcătuș. The Republica Ploiești fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Manuel Lăcătuș should have stopped the shot. After 31 played minutes Republica Ploiești got a freekick which was hit by Ioan Brânza. 34 minutes into the match, Dinamo Brasov's Basarab Tiberian sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Manuel Lăcătuș narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Mehmet Emrah Oktan kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manole Frunză in the 41st minute of play forced Republica Ploiești's goalkeeper Manuel Lăcătuș to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 46 minutes, Codrin Traianescu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Republica Ploiești and the Dinamo Brasov players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Dinamo Brasov booed when Republica Ploiești was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Codrin Traianescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dan Godeanu to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, Dinamo Brasov's Mehmet Emrah Oktan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Manuel Lăcătuș made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. After a rather tough play, Dinamo Brasov's Horia Caranică got a free kick in the 55th minute. With an all-out effort, Republica Ploiești's Maksymilian Banaszak threw himself towards the right post 56 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Emanuel Firea, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 59th minute Manole Frunză shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manuel Lăcătuș saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Manole Frunză's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manuel Lăcătuș was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. Basarab Tiberian scored 3-0 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Manuel Lăcătuș, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of Republica Ploiești booed when Dinamo Brasov was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Flavius Maghear didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Manole Frunză's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manuel Lăcătuș was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. The supporters of Dinamo Brasov booed when Republica Ploiești was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Costel Lepuș didn't get a good kick on the ball. 76 minutes into the match, Republica Ploiești's goal looked a bit too open when Manole Frunză came free, but Manuel Lăcătuș reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 80th minute, Lucian Luțu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Codrin Traianescu hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mehmet Emrah Oktan in the 84th minute of play forced Republica Ploiești's goalkeeper Manuel Lăcătuș to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Manole Frunză's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manuel Lăcătuș was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. After 96 minutes of play, Dinamo Brasov's Cezar Cernescu made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Manuel Lăcătuș was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dinamo Brasov's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.