Official Cup

varennes stadium
Spectators: 584 (Terracing: 439, Seating: 134, VIP seats: 11) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marius Bunoaică took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Varennes's zone, Marius Bunoaică stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gilberto Boone came out of the goal and Marius Bunoaică tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gilberto Boone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edinson Cavani in the 13th minute of the match. In the 15th minute Cătălin Arjoca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gilberto Boone saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 17th minute Bernardo Goudreau shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gheorghe Baldovin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 19 minutes into the match, Varennes's goal looked a bit too open when Edinson Cavani came free, but Gilberto Boone reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 20 minutes into the match, Cătălin Arjoca had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gilberto Boone. Varennes's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cătălin Arjoca was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 25th minute Vintilă Stoicea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gilberto Boone saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gilberto Boone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marius Bunoaică in the 28th minute of the match. Gilberto Boone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marius Bunoaică in the 29th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Varennes's Seth Luke got a free kick in the 29th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erwin Gay in the 31st minute of play forced FC Buzău's goalkeeper Gheorghe Baldovin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes into the match, Varennes's goal looked a bit too open when Edinson Cavani came free, but Gilberto Boone reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gilberto Boone made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonard Aanuţei in the 35th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Seth Luke got free with Gheorghe Baldovin in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gilberto Boone made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marius Bunoaică in the 44th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Maurice Odonnell stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gheorghe Baldovin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maurice Odonnell, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Gilberto Boone made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marius Bunoaică in the 52nd minute. Marius Bunoaică could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Gilberto Boone made a huge save. In the 55th minute Leonard Aanuţei shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gilberto Boone saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 58 minutes, Gilberto Boone successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Ştefan Trif kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. The supporters of Varennes booed when FC Buzău was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ştefan Trif didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Seth Luke managed to get in a good position for a shot. Varennes's supporters rose to their feet, but Seth Luke was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gheorghe Baldovin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gheorghe Baldovin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maurice Odonnell, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Titus Pineda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gilberto Boone made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marius Bunoaică in the 78th minute of play. In the 91st minute, Diego Souza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 92 played minutes Varennes got a freekick which was hit by Maurice Odonnell. In the 94th match minute, Varennes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erwin Gay to maneuver through the defense.

The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. FC Buzău walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.