Official Cup

Queen Arena
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Adam Druga made the kick off which started today's match. Through an outstanding action, after 3 minutes, Roch Puch successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Sandu Alungulesei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiusz Piatek, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 16th minute, Victor Piţurcă fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Roch Puch, passed just outside the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Avram Ştef in the 18th minute of play forced Emerald's goalkeeper Sandu Alungulesei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emerald's Sandu Alungulesei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jairo Guifre in the 21st minute of play. In the 22nd match minute, AS Monaco FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arkadiusz Piatek to maneuver through the defense. Sandu Alungulesei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jairo Guifre in the 25th minute of play. AS Monaco FC's Roch Puch played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Trifon Ivanov in the 27th minute of play. Sandu Alungulesei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jairo Guifre, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. 35 minutes into the match, Emerald's goal looked a bit too open when Arkadiusz Piatek came free, but Sandu Alungulesei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 37th minute AS Monaco FC were awarded a corner. Mieszko Fujara went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Avram Ştef almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Emerald's Sandu Alungulesei did a great save. When AS Monaco FC's Jairo Guifre in the 46th minute got a chance for a shot 46th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Emerald's goalie prevented a goal. 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.

The wind increased when Jairo Guifre made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, Emerald was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Trifon Ivanov to maneuver through the defense. Sandu Alungulesei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiusz Piatek, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. In the 55th minute of the match AS Monaco FC got a corner. Emerald's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mieszko Fujara ran over to the corner to take the kick. Mieszko Fujara made a great header on AS Monaco FC's corner, it was just that Emerald's Sandu Alungulesei managed to reach the ball for a save. Emerald's Sandu Alungulesei proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Emerald from getting a goal against them. 59 minutes into the game, AS Monaco FC's Arkadiusz Piatek nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sandu Alungulesei made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 63 minutes into the match, Emerald's goal looked a bit too open when Jairo Guifre came free, but Sandu Alungulesei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emerald's Adam Druga got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Arkadiusz Piatek came up free with the goalie in the 70th minute, the AS Monaco FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Arkadiusz Piatek couldn't finish the play. Roch Puch took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Druga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Emerald's Sandu Alungulesei got control of the ball when Avram Ştef tried to sneak it across the goal line. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Emerald's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mieszko Fujara was slow to take the kick. During this time AS Monaco FC's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Avram Ştef managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 86 minutes into the game, AS Monaco FC's Arkadiusz Piatek nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sandu Alungulesei made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. The supporters of Emerald booed when AS Monaco FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Slawomir Snow didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of AS Monaco FC booed when Emerald was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sandu Goșa didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Emerald supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching AS Monaco FC's performance. The match ended with a win for AS Monaco FC.