Official Cup

RANDOM ZONE
Spectators: 189 (Terracing: 143, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) Gelu Bornescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Ponce, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Gelu Bornescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ivo Männik, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gelu Bornescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ivo Männik went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Ninjas in Pyjamas's Gelu Bornescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Ponce in the 9th minute of play. Ninjas in Pyjamas's Gelu Bornescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Ponce in the 9th minute of play. Victor Evis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gelu Bornescu having to interfere. Ninjas in Pyjamas's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Albert Vaştag in the 17th minute. The corner led Ninjas in Pyjamas's Albert Vaştag to fire away a dangerous shot which Nestor Cortez despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 19th minute, José Ponce made a precise shot to the right of Gelu Bornescu. Ninjas in Pyjamas's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. A collision led to Ninjas in Pyjamas getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Pavel Teaşcă hit a great ball. 26 minutes into the match, Ninjas in Pyjamas's goal looked a bit too open when Victor Evis came free, but Gelu Bornescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gelu Bornescu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Victor Evis's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Ponce in the 39th minute of play forced Ninjas in Pyjamas's goalkeeper Gelu Bornescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Ivo Männik came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the Rebelution 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 Ivo Männik couldn't finish the play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when José Ponce stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Victor Evis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gelu Bornescu having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Evis in the 53rd minute of play forced Ninjas in Pyjamas's goalkeeper Gelu Bornescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Iosif Mihele fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ninjas in Pyjamas's protests and gave Iosif Mihele a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Ninjas in Pyjamas's Iosif Mihele got a free kick in the 55th minute. With a little luck, Ninjas in Pyjamas's Gelu Bornescu got control of the ball when José Ponce tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rebelution's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Zacarias Natanael in the 61st minute. The corner ended in Zacarias Natanael almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ninjas in Pyjamas's Gelu Bornescu did a great save. The audience was convinced that Robert Onofrei's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nestor Cortez was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Robert Onofrei scored 1-2 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nestor Cortez, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ninjas in Pyjamas's Juninho Junior was substituted for Traian Bădilescu. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sixto Mon in the 77th minute of play forced Ninjas in Pyjamas's goalkeeper Gelu Bornescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Gelu Bornescu managed to avoid a goal in the 79thth minute, when Rebelution's José Ponce fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 79th match minute, Ninjas in Pyjamas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ionuț Măcriș to maneuver through the defense. Victor Evis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Ninjas in Pyjamas getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Sorin Burdulea hit a great ball. Ninjas in Pyjamas's Pavel Teaşcă managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Teodoro Cristofol in the 85 minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when José Ponce got free with Gelu Bornescu in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Victor Evis scored 1-3 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gelu Bornescu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 95th minute, José Ponce 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. Rebelution's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.