National cup

National stadium
Spectators: 15921 (Terracing: 10000, Seating: 5448, VIP seats: 473) Daniel Mușătescu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Davide Di Mascio's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. Anselmo Puddu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Daniel Mușătescu made a huge save. Liviu Caramitru hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Davide Di Mascio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Daniel Mușătescu having to interfere. In the 11th minute Davide Di Mascio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Mușătescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Achille Lampa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Augustin Amurăriței in the 20th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Davide Di Mascio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Daniel Mușătescu was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Daniel Mușătescu was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Cristiano Giacchetti. With his leg Daniel Mușătescu managed to avoid a goal in the 33rdth minute, when Italy's Anselmo Puddu fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Daniel Mușătescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Davide Di Mascio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Davide Di Mascio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Daniel Mușătescu was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. Daniel Mușătescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Davide Di Mascio in the 38th minute of play. The supporters of Italy booed when Romania was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Liviu Caramitru didn't get a good kick on the ball. Liviu Caramitru scored 0-1 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Achille Lampa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Italy players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Romania were winning 0-1.

Italy's Ennio Daniele was substituted for Anselmo Puddu. Italy's Dario Roberto was substituted for Fedele Savoia. 55 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Silviu Dascălu came free, but Achille Lampa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Augustin Amurăriței in the 62nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Achille Lampa prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Răzvan Pârvuță's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Achille Lampa firmly grabbed it by the left post. Achille Lampa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liviu Caramitru, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Ennio Daniele fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Daniel Mușătescu having to interfere. Daniel Mușătescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ennio Daniele, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Daniel Mușătescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Davide Di Mascio in the 76th minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, Davide Di Mascio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Daniel Mușătescu. Romania's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Davide Di Mascio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 81st match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antonello Senatore to maneuver through the defense. Dario Roberto made in the 84th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Alvise Corrente immediately put the ball in play. Daniel Mușătescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Davide Di Mascio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Daniel Mușătescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ennio Daniele, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Achille Lampa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcel Geolgău, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute.

The players didn't get much rest, but they still tried to pep each other up as they lined up for the first half in overtime. Italy's Davide Di Mascio started the play with his kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Italy's Alvise Corrente slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Daniel Mușătescu. That made the score 2-1 after 101 minutes of play.