Official Cup

Arena Baron Neuman
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nicolae Raţiu got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Samagara Real - DMZ getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Francisco Tasso hit a great ball. In the 6th minute of the match Petru Plopan shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marquinhos Recife showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Nicolae Raţiu received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marquinhos Recife came out and tried to block the shot, but Nicolae Raţiu slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 10th minute. After 13 played minutes Samagara Real - DMZ got a freekick which was hit by Tiago Schmidt. Petru Plopan took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 14th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marquinhos Recife. Samagara Real - DMZ's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. ITA Arad's Petru Plopan shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 17th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Marquinhos Recife but with some difficulty. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nicolae Raţiu got free with Marquinhos Recife in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Luiz Fernando Gomes kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. In the 33rd minute, Nicolae Raţiu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Marquinhos Recife. The goal made the score 2-1. In the 43rd minute, Nicolae Raţiu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Marquinhos Recife. The goal made the score 4-1. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Enio Tróia stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Samagara Real - DMZ's Marquinhos Recife played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolae Raţiu in the 53rd minute of play. 55 minutes into the game, ITA Arad's Nicolae Raţiu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marquinhos Recife made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1. Marquinhos Recife showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valeriu Afloroaiei in the 59th minute of the match. Marquinhos Recife made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolae Raţiu in the 60th minute of play. Ronaldão Amorim hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. In the 64th minute, Nicolae Raţiu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ITA Arad fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-1. Marquinhos Recife made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolae Raţiu in the 68th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iustinian Bitang in the 72nd minute of play forced Samagara Real - DMZ's goalkeeper Marquinhos Recife to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valeriu Afloroaiei took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marquinhos Recife. Marquinhos Recife dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-1. Claudiu Cezar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enio Tróia in the 79th minute of play. Marquinhos Recife showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcu Zdroană in the 80th minute of the match. In the 82nd minute Nicolae Raţiu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marquinhos Recife saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolae Raţiu in the 85th minute of play forced Samagara Real - DMZ's goalkeeper Marquinhos Recife to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 86 minutes into the match, Samagara Real - DMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Valeriu Afloroaiei came free, but Marquinhos Recife reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 88 minutes of play, ITA Arad's Iustinian Bitang made it 8-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marquinhos Recife was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marquinhos Recife took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valeriu Afloroaiei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Iustinian Bitang scored 9-1 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marquinhos Recife, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Samagara Real - DMZ's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.