Official Cup

PunisherS Arena
Spectators: 148 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Florencio Fix got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to AFC PunisherS™ getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Sever Braru hit a great ball. Israel Betadur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teodor Zmărăndache in the 4th minute of the match. 6 minutes into the match, Palermo AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Eduard Ţopescu came free, but Israel Betadur reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Israel Betadur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teodor Zmărăndache in the 15th minute of the match. In the 17th minute Teodor Zmărăndache shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Israel Betadur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lucian Crețulescu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Godofredo Gabon's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. After 22 played minutes Palermo AFC got a freekick which was hit by Hugo Pitin. In the 28th minute Florencio Fix shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucian Crețulescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 29th minute, Eduard Ţopescu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AFC PunisherS™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 33 minutes into the match, AFC PunisherS™'s goal looked a bit too open when Severino Barros came free, but Lucian Crețulescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 33rd minute, Severino Barros left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Palermo AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. 36 minutes into the match, Palermo AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Teodor Zmărăndache came free, but Israel Betadur reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Israel Betadur made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eduard Ţopescu in the 37th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teodor Zmărăndache in the 38th minute of play forced Palermo AFC's goalkeeper Israel Betadur to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 41 minutes into the match, Eduard Ţopescu notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Palermo AFC's Israel Betadur. Israel Betadur was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Palermo AFC getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Mauricio Ur hit a great ball. Codrin Ignat was extremely unlucky when he, in the 46th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Santos Elequemedo hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Codrin Ignat made a kick off. Lucian Crețulescu made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Severino Barros sent off a good shot on target. Santos Elequemedo was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 54 minutes into the match. In the 55th minute, Santos Elequemedo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eduard Ţopescu scored 3-1 in the 59th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Israel Betadur, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Severino Barros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucian Crețulescu having to interfere. AFC PunisherS™'s Lucian Crețulescu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save AFC PunisherS™ from getting a goal against them. Israel Betadur took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eduard Ţopescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 69th match minute, AFC PunisherS™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Codrin Ignat to maneuver through the defense. 70 minutes into the match, AFC PunisherS™'s goalkeeper Lucian Crețulescu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mauricio Ur. Lucian Crețulescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Godofredo Gabon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by AFC PunisherS™'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Godofredo Gabon was slow to take the kick. During this time Palermo AFC's players had a chance to rest. Israel Betadur made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teodor Zmărăndache in the 80th minute of play. Anselmo Astudillo's late challenge caught a AFC PunisherS™'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anselmo Astudillo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 82nd minute of the match Augustin Jivulescu shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Israel Betadur showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Israel Betadur showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eduard Ţopescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. When the referee ended the match the AFC PunisherS™ players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.