Official Cup

Juvete Arena
Spectators: 148 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Horea Frumușanu started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Horea Frumușanu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marius Bălașa. Juventus Țiu's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Horea Frumușanu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 6th minute of the match, Ilie Armeanca got a very nice opportunity to score, but Nae Pavel was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Marius Bălașa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Călin Pamfil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marius Bălașa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Horea Frumușanu's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute, Gică Comarnescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 15 minutes of play, U Craiova's Horea Frumușanu made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marius Bălașa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nae Pavel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Boteanu in the 22nd minute of play. If Horea Frumușanu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. U Craiova's Romeo Crețulescu got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 27 minutes of play, Juventus Țiu's Manuel Boteanu made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nae Pavel was left in no man's land by his defense there! With his leg Nae Pavel managed to avoid a goal in the 30thth minute, when Juventus Țiu's Manuel Boteanu fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Călin Pamfil managed to get in a good position for a shot. U Craiova's supporters rose to their feet, but Călin Pamfil was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marius Bălașa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Călin Pamfil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Marius Bălașa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marius Bălașa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Narcis Silişteanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marius Bălașa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Horea Frumușanu went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. The Juventus Țiu players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. U Craiova were winning 1-3.

In the 58th minute Manuel Boteanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nae Pavel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Romeo Crețulescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 65 minutes, Romeo Crețulescu made it 1-4 with a short kick to the right side. Juventus Țiu's Marius Bălașa tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Romeo Crețulescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marius Bălașa having to interfere. Horea Frumușanu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marius Bălașa having to interfere. 72 minutes into the game, Călin Pamfil cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-5. Marius Bălașa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Juventus Țiu's Marius Bălașa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horea Frumușanu in the 75th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Narcis Silişteanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marius Bălașa was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. 85 minutes into the match, U Craiova's goal looked a bit too open when Manuel Boteanu came free, but Nae Pavel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Romeo Crețulescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Călin Pamfil got free with Marius Bălașa in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match was over U Craiova could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Juventus Țiu throughout the match.