Official Cup

Mancini Arena
Spectators: 167 (Terracing: 126, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cristi Miulescu made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brion Macia in the 4th minute of play forced FC Alinborger's goalkeeper Dragoş Maruță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dragoş Maruță made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Brion Macia sent off a good shot on target. In the 11th match minute, U.D. Mancini was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Falo Saboya to maneuver through the defense. Martin Moga took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 15th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Elvis Ribeiro. U.D. Mancini's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Brion Macia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Dragoş Maruță made a huge save. 18 minutes into the match, FC Alinborger's goal looked a bit too open when Tello Calvo came free, but Dragoş Maruță reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dragoş Maruță took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Falo Saboya, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, FC Alinborger's Dragoş Maruță got control of the ball when Brion Macia tried to sneak it across the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, U.D. Mancini's Tello Calvo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dragoş Maruță narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Tello Calvo came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the U.D. Mancini 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 Tello Calvo couldn't finish the play. 32 minutes into the match, FC Alinborger's goalkeeper Dragoş Maruță had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tello Calvo. The supporters of FC Alinborger booed when U.D. Mancini was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gökcan Hürmetli didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tello Calvo in the 35th minute of play forced FC Alinborger's goalkeeper Dragoş Maruță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 44 minutes in the game Sever Munteanu did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Martin Moga. Stelian Barascu charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stelian Barascu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 45th match minute, FC Alinborger was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stelian Barascu to maneuver through the defense. Brion Macia scored 2-0 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dragoş Maruță, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 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 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tello Calvo to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Brion Macia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dragoş Maruță was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. In the 56th match minute, FC Alinborger was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sever Munteanu to maneuver through the defense. 57 minutes into the match, Falo Saboya had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dragoş Maruță. FC Alinborger's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Falo Saboya was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Dragoş Maruță made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Brion Macia in the 62nd minute of play. The U.D. Mancini fans' excitement grew in the 66th match minute when U.D. Mancini's Tello Calvo looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Dragoş Maruță didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Brion Macia went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. In the 73rd minute Tello Calvo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dragoş Maruță saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tello Calvo in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dragoş Maruță saved FC Alinborger from getting behind. In the 81st minute, Dagoberto Escobar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Tello Calvo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dragoş Maruță was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. 84 minutes into the match, FC Alinborger's goal looked a bit too open when Brion Macia came free, but Dragoş Maruță reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tello Calvo in the 87th minute of play forced FC Alinborger's goalkeeper Dragoş Maruță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dragoş Maruță took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tello Calvo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to FC Alinborger getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Eduard Bucurescu hit a great ball. U.D. Mancini's Firman Gomar was substituted for Tello Calvo. In the 92nd minute, Eduard Bucurescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 93rd minute, Brion Macia got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Dragoş Maruță showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gartzea Manrique in the 95th minute of the match. Martin Moga's late challenge caught a U.D. Mancini's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Martin Moga helped the player get up and apologised. Firman Gomar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. U.D. Mancini fully deserved thier win.