Official Cup

Arena Viola
Spectators: 170 (Terracing: 128, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vlad Miniș kicked off to start the match. Ricardinho Lopes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gavril Anghelescu in the 2nd minute of play. Viola Invest's Dumitru Doloman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aquilino Ponte in the 7th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stanislaw Marchewka in the 12th minute of play forced Tornadele Siret's goalkeeper Ricardinho Lopes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Viola Invest's Stanislaw Marchewka got a free kick in the 18th minute. In the 23rd minute of the match, Kuuno Tälli tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ricardinho Lopes saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Dumitru Doloman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aquilino Ponte, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. After a rather tough play, Tornadele Siret's Albert Flintașu got a free kick in the 28th minute. 31 minutes into the match, Vlad Miniș had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dumitru Doloman. Viola Invest's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vlad Miniș was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maxim Creangă in the 33rd minute of play forced Viola Invest's goalkeeper Dumitru Doloman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd minute Viola Invest were awarded a corner. Francisco Su went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Viola Invest's Mario Jakobe to fire away a dangerous shot which Ricardinho Lopes despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 44th match minute, Viola Invest was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jairo Hodei to maneuver through the defense. 46 minutes into the match, Viola Invest's goal looked a bit too open when Maxim Creangă came free, but Dumitru Doloman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kuuno Tälli was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aquilino Ponte got free with Dumitru Doloman in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ricardinho Lopes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gavril Anghelescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. When Viola Invest's Mario Jakobe in the 58th minute got a chance for a shot 58th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Tornadele Siret's goalie prevented a goal. In the 60th minute Gavril Anghelescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardinho Lopes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 60th minute of the game. One of Tornadele Siret:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Viola Invest:s goal. Tornadele Siret:s Ricardinho Lopes showed great skill when he stopped Kuuno Tälli:s penalty. Ricardinho Lopes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kuuno Tälli went, in the 61st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Ricardinho Lopes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mario Jakobe in the 64th minute of the match. When Viola Invest's Antonin Lauze in the 73rd minute got a chance for a shot 73rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Tornadele Siret's goalie prevented a goal. Ricardinho Lopes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antonin Lauze, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 74th minute Gavril Anghelescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardinho Lopes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rúben Prestes charged in rather forcefully in the 76th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rúben Prestes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 78 minutes of play, Viola Invest's Mario Jakobe made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ricardinho Lopes was left in no man's land by his defense there! 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by Tornadele Siret's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Francisco Su was slow to take the kick. During this time Viola Invest's players had a chance to rest. Tornadele Siret's Ricardinho Lopes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stig-Åke Gabrielsson in the 88th minute of play. Dumitru Doloman came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by Tornadele Siret's Aquilino Ponte. But to his dismay, Aquilino Ponte quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.