After training in friendly local football matches three times, three weeks in a row – the spectacular Timisoara football team was ready to take on the champions: the Novi Sad football team!

So, with excitement, on a Saturday morning, the Timișoara team met at the office and headed towards Serbia to win what they thought was theirs: the title for the “Best NETEX football team” – Timișoara vs Novi Sad.

We are 30 minutes into the game. Marko Jaksic from Novi Sad recalls: “2 red cards for Gabriel Turcu, one yellow card for Lucian and one yellow card for Victor”. The current score was 5:1 for Novi Sad. Timisoara started on the wrong foot, but there was still time to improve and recover.

90 minutes, and the whistle was blown. Again, Marko Jaksic recalls: “Timisoara team won just like a diesel motor: slow at the start but going hard at the finish”. Final score: 10:7 for Timișoara. An unexpected turn of events!

Some people suspect that the arrival of pizza at 70 minutes was the reason for the Novi Sad team to de-concentrate. We’ll never know the truth, but we know that they all enjoyed the well-deserved lunch and a good Serbian beer at the end of the match. A participant who would like to remain anonymous comments: “Yeah, it was fun, everyone played well, respected each other and all that… but I hope that next time there will be some girls participating as well!”

Considering everything, this activity was really fun, and everyone enjoyed it. We need to be prepared for the DWC Football Competition in September, so it was also an opportunity to see the best players out of the two teams. More trips like this one will happen shortly to find the best NETEX football players, so if you hear something about it in your office, I encourage you to participate!

See you in the next city!