Friendly League

P. Alexandru Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Manuel Negru took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Avram Chiru dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Tudor Urdăreanu, 1-0. Helmuth Duckadam took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Negru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, F.C. YKE's Ionică Ike got a free kick in the 16th minute. Helmuth Duckadam took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Negru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eusebiu Buznea struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Tudor Urdăreanu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for F.C. YKE. Tudor Urdăreanu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eusebiu Buznea, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tudor Urdăreanu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eusebiu Buznea's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. Tudor Urdăreanu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eusebiu Buznea's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. Cormoranii -MM-'s Alin Gherdan got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 33 minutes of play, Cormoranii -MM-'s Alin Gherdan made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Helmuth Duckadam was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cormoranii -MM-'s Tudor Urdăreanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Petre Romanescu in the 36th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, Cormoranii -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Avram Chiru came free, but Tudor Urdăreanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bobby Fischer charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bobby Fischer the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 46 played minutes Cormoranii -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Bobby Fischer. In the 46th minute, F.C. YKE's Eusebiu Buznea dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Eusebiu Buznea was the one to do the kick off. Tudor Urdăreanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eusebiu Buznea in the 52nd minute of the match. Cormoranii -MM-'s Tudor Urdăreanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgar Oblemenco in the 57th minute of play. Tudor Urdăreanu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicodim Zbârcea, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Tudor Urdăreanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eusebiu Buznea in the 61st minute of the match. After some careless play in the Cormoranii -MM- defense, Avram Chiru kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tudor Urdăreanu. The Cormoranii -MM- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tudor Urdăreanu should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Edgar Oblemenco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tudor Urdăreanu was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. In the 70th minute, F.C. YKE's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Nicolae Drăgoi fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Tudor Urdăreanu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Avram Chiru, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Tudor Urdăreanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Avram Chiru in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 80th match minute, F.C. YKE was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manuel Gâfu to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Manuel Negru managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cormoranii -MM-'s supporters rose to their feet, but Manuel Negru was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Helmuth Duckadam breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Bobby Fischer hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Costică Răduțu's late challenge caught a F.C. YKE's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Costică Răduțu helped the player get up and apologised. In the 86th minute there was a penalty for F.C. YKE. Edgar Oblemenco stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Tudor Urdăreanu. 5-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eusebiu Buznea in the 89th minute of play forced Cormoranii -MM-'s goalkeeper Tudor Urdăreanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 90th match minute, F.C. YKE was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Petre Romanescu to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Cormoranii -MM- defense, Eusebiu Buznea kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tudor Urdăreanu. The Cormoranii -MM- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tudor Urdăreanu should have stopped the shot. Tudor Urdăreanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicodim Zbârcea in the 97th minute of play. Cormoranii -MM-'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.