Official Cup

Estadio La Fusta
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when David Villa took the kick off in the first half of the match. Santiago Cañizares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mihăiţă Ilarie in the 3rd minute of play. 5 minutes into the match, MIT Craiova's Tiberiu Caramarin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Santiago Cañizares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 6 minutes into the match, MIT Craiova's Tiberiu Caramarin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Santiago Cañizares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Nicodim Orășan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Santiago Cañizares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Santiago Cañizares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiberiu Caramarin in the 16th minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Mihăiţă Ilarie got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Santiago Cañizares quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a defensive mix-up in Foguera's zone, Nicodim Orășan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Santiago Cañizares came out of the goal and Nicodim Orășan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in Foguera's zone, Tiberiu Caramarin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Santiago Cañizares came out of the goal and Tiberiu Caramarin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tiberiu Caramarin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 30th minute Tiberiu Caramarin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santiago Cañizares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Santiago Cañizares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tiberiu Caramarin in the 40th minute of the match. Luis-Miguel Rienda's late challenge caught a MIT Craiova's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luis-Miguel Rienda helped the player get up and apologised. In the 45th minute, Luis-Miguel Rienda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tiberiu Caramarin made a kick off. Santiago Cañizares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiberiu Caramarin in the 51st minute of play. In the 54th minute, MIT Craiova's Tiberiu Caramarin dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-1. Calistrat Madgearu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ivan Rubio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Santiago Cañizares made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Dorin Banu sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dorin Banu got free with Santiago Cañizares in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiberiu Caramarin in the 69th minute of play forced Foguera's goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Tiberiu Caramarin came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the MIT Craiova 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 Tiberiu Caramarin couldn't finish the play. MIT Craiova made a substitution. David Tunander replaced Dorin Banu. In the 76th minute Santiago Serra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Calistrat Madgearu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Calistrat Madgearu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santiago Serra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. MIT Craiova's Bogdan Bucataru was substituted for Florin Seremet. If Tiberiu Caramarin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Santiago Cañizares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiberiu Caramarin in the 85th minute of play. Santiago Cañizares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tiberiu Caramarin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 88th minute, MIT Craiova's Tiberiu Caramarin dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. Foguera's Santiago Cañizares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Foguera from getting a goal against them. The Foguera fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. MIT Craiova were clearly better and deserved to take the win.