Prized/Friendly Cup

Gheorghe Hagi Arena
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marco Ruben made the kick off which started today's match. Gheorghe Baldovin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Ruben in the 2nd minute of the match. Walmir Catarinense showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Avram Elenescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. A collision led to ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Marco Ruben hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Ruben in the 7th minute of play forced FC Buzău's goalkeeper Gheorghe Baldovin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Zézinho Coutinho in the 8th minute. A nice corner shot did that Almir de Barros got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gheorghe Baldovin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. FC Buzău's Gheorghe Baldovin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marco Ruben in the 11th minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Cătălin Arjoca in the 27th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's Chiquinho Quirino. Marco Ruben might have been able to make a better finish in the 28th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gheorghe Baldovin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marco Ruben ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 28th minute Marco Ruben 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. FC Buzău's Gheorghe Baldovin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marco Ruben in the 33rd minute of play. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Buzău's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zézinho Coutinho was slow to take the kick. During this time ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's players had a chance to rest. After a defensive mix-up in FC Buzău's zone, Marco Ruben stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gheorghe Baldovin came out of the goal and Marco Ruben tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's Leonel Romero was substituted for Hudson Abreu. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Avram Elenescu made a kick off. Avram Elenescu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Walmir Catarinense read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 53rd minute of play. ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's Walmir Catarinense played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Avram Elenescu in the 56th minute of play. 58 minutes into the match, FC Buzău's goalkeeper Gheorghe Baldovin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marco Ruben. Leonel Romero hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. In the 72nd minute, ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's Marco Ruben ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gheorghe Baldovin. Gheorghe Baldovin yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Walmir Catarinense showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Avram Elenescu in the 74th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's Gheorghe Baldovin threw himself towards the right post 75 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Álvaro Sergipano, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 81st minute Avram Elenescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Walmir Catarinense saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 90 minutes into the match, FC Buzău's goalkeeper Gheorghe Baldovin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marco Ruben. Gheorghe Baldovin made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Marco Ruben sent off a good shot on target. In the 95th minute, Álvaro Sergipano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented FC Buzău from taking control. The game ends in a draw.