Prized/Friendly Cup

XMAS park
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Laurențiu Lazăr took the kick off in the first half of the match. 11 minutes into the game, FC aDeX's Laurențiu Lazăr nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Filippo Barbato made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After a rather tough play, XMAS's Ennio De Nardis got a free kick in the 14th minute. Concetto Marinucci in the 18thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ioan Bulzan, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Filippo Barbato made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laurențiu Lazăr in the 20th minute of play. Horia Hrebenciuc fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filippo Barbato having to interfere. Filippo Barbato made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laurențiu Lazăr in the 23rd minute of play. A collision led to XMAS getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Dave Barillari hit a great ball. Laurențiu Lazăr recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Bruno Alessandrini hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. After having played for 38 minutes, Laurențiu Lazăr managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC aDeX's supporters crossed their fingers, but Laurențiu Lazăr was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Laurențiu Lazăr received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Filippo Barbato tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 46th minute, Ennio De Nardis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ioan Bulzan was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Concetto Marinucci stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. XMAS's Filippo Barbato proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save XMAS from getting a goal against them. Emilian Grigorie charged in rather forcefully in the 56th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emilian Grigorie the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to FC aDeX getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Emilian Grigorie hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, XMAS's Dave Maestri got a free kick in the 60th minute. In the 69th minute Achille Zara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ioan Bulzan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the FC aDeX defense, Achille Zara kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ioan Bulzan. The FC aDeX fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ioan Bulzan should have stopped the shot. A collision led to XMAS getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Dave Maestri hit a great ball. The supporters of FC aDeX booed when XMAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dario Abbagnale didn't get a good kick on the ball. Filippo Barbato was out of position in the 92 minute of play, and Laurențiu Lazăr capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Laurențiu Lazăr really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. FC aDeX walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.