Official Cup

Colosseum
Spectators: 190 (Terracing: 143, Seating: 44, VIP seats: 3) Gică Stoican started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Dan Damian hit a great ball. 8 minutes into the match, Empire of Soccer's goal looked a bit too open when Eric Baldazar came free, but Akheron Harames reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hektor Kountouroudas's late challenge caught a YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hektor Kountouroudas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 9th minute, Hektor Kountouroudas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM's Nichifor Tutunaru proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Empire of Soccer booed when YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cătălin Sfârlea didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Ştefan Magherescu hit a great ball. Chronis Angelis charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Chronis Angelis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Empire of Soccer getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Chronis Angelis hit a great ball. 23 minutes into the game, YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM's Cătălin Sfârlea nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Akheron Harames made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After some careless play in the Empire of Soccer defense, Cătălin Sfârlea kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Akheron Harames. The Empire of Soccer fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Akheron Harames should have stopped the shot. In the 29th match minute, Empire of Soccer was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicias Gaitanis to maneuver through the defense. Akheron Harames showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silviu Hagi, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. After a rather tough play, Empire of Soccer's Daidalos Ioannidis got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Daidalos Ioannidis's late challenge caught a YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Daidalos Ioannidis helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Empire of Soccer's Nicias Gaitanis got a free kick in the 46th minute. After the first half YR☆ACADEMIA CRISTY-TEAM were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Epigonoi Rousses stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A sloppy throw-in by Eric Baldazar in the 62nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Empire of Soccer's Chronis Angelis. 64 minutes into the match, Empire of Soccer's goalkeeper Akheron Harames had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dan Damian. The crowd rose to their feet as Cătălin Sfârlea kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Akheron Harames. That made the score 0-3 in the 66 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silviu Hagi in the 72nd minute of play forced Empire of Soccer's goalkeeper Akheron Harames to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Akheron Harames made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cătălin Sfârlea in the 80th minute of play. 83 minutes into the match, Empire of Soccer's goalkeeper Akheron Harames had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dan Damian. Nichifor Tutunaru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Epigonoi Rousses in the 86th minute of the match. When Daidalos Ioannidis was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 88 minutes had been played. After 89 played minutes Empire of Soccer got a freekick which was hit by Daidalos Ioannidis.