Friendly League

Stadionul Ripensia
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Franky Ooms started the match with the kick off. Orhan Ortanca's late challenge caught a MCB Timisoara 1921 BTV's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Orhan Ortanca helped the player get up and apologised. Orhan Ortanca hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Buffalo Timişoara's Alisson Becker proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save Buffalo Timişoara from getting a goal against them. Dinu Oardă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Franky Ooms, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Victor Lucila could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Alisson Becker made a huge save. A collision led to Buffalo Timişoara getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Olgierd Kilar hit a great ball. Victor Lucila sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Victor Lucila fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alisson Becker having to interfere. Maxim Pintilie hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Buffalo Timişoara's Alisson Becker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liviu Frumușanu in the 28th minute of play. After 36 minutes of play Buffalo Timişoara's Orhan Ortanca was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a defensive mix-up in Buffalo Timişoara's zone, Victor Lucila stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alisson Becker came out of the goal and Victor Lucila tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 42nd match minute, Buffalo Timişoara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Albert Turdeanu to maneuver through the defense. Alisson Becker made an important save on a dangerous shot by Victor Lucila in the 45th minute. Ernest Oprescu charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ernest Oprescu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, MCB Timisoara 1921 BTV's Ernest Oprescu got a free kick in the 47th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Franky Ooms in the 48th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dinu Oardă prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Victor Lucila made the kick off in the second half. Buffalo Timişoara's Alisson Becker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernest Oprescu in the 53rd minute of play. 54 minutes into the game, one of Buffalo Timişoara:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After 61 minutes Buffalo Timişoara's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ernest Oprescu who took care of the corner kick. Buffalo Timişoara's Alisson Becker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Lucila in the 64th minute of play. Alisson Becker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Lucila, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Victor Lucila kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. In the 72nd minute, Florin Ciorobîtcă hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Liviu Frumușanu kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. After 76 minutes, Franky Ooms made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. MCB Timisoara 1921 BTV's Dinu Oardă tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Buffalo Timişoara's Alisson Becker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Lucila in the 78th minute of play. 82 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when MCB Timisoara 1921 BTV's Ernest Oprescu fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. In the 88th minute Ernest Oprescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alisson Becker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Florin Ciorobîtcă during the 94th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to MCB Timisoara 1921 BTV getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Florin Ciorobîtcă hit a great ball. 97 minutes into the game, Bogdan Noworolnik was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Buffalo Timişoara's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave MCB Timisoara 1921 BTV the free kick. After a rather tough play, Buffalo Timişoara's Bogdan Noworolnik got a free kick in the 97th minute. Alisson Becker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Lucila in the 98th minute of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Buffalo Timişoara walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.