Official Cup

Arena Baron Neuman
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bülent Zati started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Dobrotă in the 4th minute of play forced Cᴀɴᴇʏ ᶠᶜ's goalkeeper Mehmet Halis Çağar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 5th minute, Felix Tiberian ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mehmet Halis Çağar was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. When Cᴀɴᴇʏ ᶠᶜ's Bülent Zati in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ITA Arad's goalie prevented a goal. Mehmet Halis Çağar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Dobrotă, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 13th match minute, Cᴀɴᴇʏ ᶠᶜ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Yahya Akgün to maneuver through the defense. 17 minutes into the match, Cᴀɴᴇʏ ᶠᶜ's goalkeeper Mehmet Halis Çağar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pavel Crăciunescu. Mehmet Halis Çağar came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by ITA Arad's Victor Dobrotă. But to his dismay, Victor Dobrotă quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. With a little luck, Cᴀɴᴇʏ ᶠᶜ's Mehmet Halis Çağar got control of the ball when Pavel Crăciunescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cᴀɴᴇʏ ᶠᶜ's Mehmet Halis Çağar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Cᴀɴᴇʏ ᶠᶜ from getting a goal against them. With an all-out effort, ITA Arad's Mehmet Halis Çağar threw himself towards the right post 29 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Felix Tiberian, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 30th minute, ITA Arad's Pavel Crăciunescu ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Mehmet Halis Çağar. Mehmet Halis Çağar yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. Mehmet Halis Çağar was out of position in the 35 minute of play, and Victor Dobrotă capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Victor Dobrotă really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. In the 39th minute, Pavel Crăciunescu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mehmet Halis Çağar. The goal made the score 5-0. In the 46th minute Felix Tiberian shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mehmet Halis Çağar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Iustinian Bitang charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Iustinian Bitang the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, ITA Arad's Iustinian Bitang got a free kick in the 47th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Victor Dobrotă to make the kick off. Felix Tiberian received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Mehmet Halis Çağar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the ITA Arad defense, Yasin Şahbey kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cazimir Axinte. The ITA Arad fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cazimir Axinte should have stopped the shot. Mehmet Halis Çağar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pavel Crăciunescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 61st match minute, ITA Arad was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iustinian Bitang to maneuver through the defense. 66 minutes into the match, Cᴀɴᴇʏ ᶠᶜ's goal looked a bit too open when Victor Dobrotă came free, but Mehmet Halis Çağar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mehmet Halis Çağar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Dobrotă, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 69th minute, Francisc Grecescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Cᴀɴᴇʏ ᶠᶜ's Bülent Zati slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Cazimir Axinte. That made the score 5-2 after 73 minutes of play. Arda Baybars Trabzonlu came free with the goalkeeper in the 84th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Cazimir Axinte could save by the left post. ITA Arad's Cazimir Axinte proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save ITA Arad from getting a goal against them. In the 87th minute, Victor Dobrotă ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mehmet Halis Çağar was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-2. 94 minutes into the match, Cᴀɴᴇʏ ᶠᶜ's goal looked a bit too open when Victor Dobrotă came free, but Mehmet Halis Çağar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Felix Tiberian put it in 8-2 from a short distance just to the right of Mehmet Halis Çağar. When the referee ended the match the ITA Arad players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.