Prized/Friendly Cup

Unicorns Temple
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Marin Tufescu kicked off to start the match. The supporters of Romania booed when Unicorns ™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Toader Augustin didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 4th minute of the match Ali Karstensen shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Corneliu Vulpăşin showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 6th minute Toader Burca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Corneliu Vulpăşin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Corneliu Vulpăşin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Firu in the 10th minute of play. After some careless play in the Unicorns ™ defense, Dumitru Panciu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Corneliu Vulpăşin. The Unicorns ™ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Corneliu Vulpăşin should have stopped the shot. 15 minutes into the match, Unicorns ™'s goal looked a bit too open when Dumitru Panciu came free, but Corneliu Vulpăşin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Corneliu Vulpăşin didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Romania's Cristian Firu shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 19th match minute, Unicorns ™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damian Ghișe to maneuver through the defense. Romania's Toader Burca got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Corneliu Vulpăşin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cazimir Pătran's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. In the 23rd minute Toader Burca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Corneliu Vulpăşin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Corneliu Vulpăşin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cazimir Pătran in the 25th minute of play. Corneliu Vulpăşin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toader Burca in the 26th minute of play. In the 29th minute Petrică Chificeac shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Corneliu Vulpăşin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 32nd minute Valentin Alexandrescu suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. Toader Burca hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Corneliu Vulpăşin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Toader Burca went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. 38 minutes into the match, Toader Burca had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Corneliu Vulpăşin. Unicorns ™'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Toader Burca was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Corneliu Vulpăşin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toader Burca in the 41st minute of the match. If Toader Burca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 42nd minute, Cazimir Pătran made a precise shot to the right of Corneliu Vulpăşin. Unicorns ™'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cazimir Pătran to make the kick off. Corneliu Vulpăşin made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Toader Burca sent off a good shot on target. In the 52nd minute, Romania's Petrică Chificeac ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Corneliu Vulpăşin. Corneliu Vulpăşin yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petrică Chificeac in the 56th minute of play forced Unicorns ™'s goalkeeper Corneliu Vulpăşin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the game, Romania's Cazimir Pătran nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Corneliu Vulpăşin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. 62 minutes into the match, Cazimir Pătran had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Corneliu Vulpăşin. Unicorns ™'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cazimir Pătran was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8. If Dumitru Panciu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Toader Burca could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Corneliu Vulpăşin made a huge save. 73 minutes into the game, Laurențiu Meleșcanu recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Corneliu Vulpăşin. Laurențiu Meleșcanu showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-10. When Toader Spirache came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Romania 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 Toader Spirache couldn't finish the play. Toader Spirache fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Corneliu Vulpăşin having to interfere. In the 80th match minute, Romania was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cazimir Pătran to maneuver through the defense. Corneliu Vulpăşin came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by Romania's Cazimir Pătran. But to his dismay, Cazimir Pătran quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-11. In the 85th minute Petrică Chificeac shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Corneliu Vulpăşin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Petrică Chificeac could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Corneliu Vulpăşin made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petrică Chificeac in the 88th minute of play forced Unicorns ™'s goalkeeper Corneliu Vulpăşin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Corneliu Vulpăşin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Petrică Chificeac in the 94th minute of the match. Romania played a much better game than Unicorns ™ and deserved their victory. The Unicorns ™ players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.