Prized/Friendly Cup

APSHA ARENA
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nichifor Aelenei kicked off to start the match. After 3 minutes, Virgil Ciocârlan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Raureni Academy and the F.C. SPERANTZA players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 4th minute of the match, Yevgen Sokolyanskyi got a very nice opportunity to score, but Mădălin Lunca was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. F.C. SPERANTZA were awarded a corner in the 6th minute after Raureni Academy's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lenny Porter took the corner. Mădălin Lunca made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yevgen Sokolyanskyi in the 11th minute. Yevgen Sokolyanskyi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Mădălin Lunca made a huge save. Mădălin Lunca made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Yevgen Sokolyanskyi sent off a good shot on target. Xiao Peng Bang fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mădălin Lunca having to interfere. In the 16th match minute, F.C. SPERANTZA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Celso Oto to maneuver through the defense. In the 17th minute, Nichifor Aelenei got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xiao Peng Bang in the 19th minute of play forced Raureni Academy's goalkeeper Mădălin Lunca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yevgen Sokolyanskyi got free with Mădălin Lunca in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as F.C. SPERANTZA's Xiao Peng Bang slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mădălin Lunca. That made the score 1-0 after 25 minutes of play. After a rather tough play, Raureni Academy's Edgar Neacșu got a free kick in the 28th minute. Marjan Yatsenko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dorel Balint, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Raureni Academy fans' excitement grew in the 32nd match minute when Raureni Academy's Dorel Balint looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Mădălin Lunca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yevgen Sokolyanskyi in the 35th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yevgen Sokolyanskyi in the 35th minute of play forced Raureni Academy's goalkeeper Mădălin Lunca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mădălin Lunca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cătălin Mischie in the 36th minute of the match. Mădălin Lunca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xiao Peng Bang in the 37th minute of the match. Mădălin Lunca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xiao Peng Bang in the 39th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Klement Mnich in the 41st minute of play forced Raureni Academy's goalkeeper Mădălin Lunca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nichifor Aelenei in the 43rd minute of play forced F.C. SPERANTZA's goalkeeper Marjan Yatsenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Raureni Academy's Nichifor Aelenei in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye F.C. SPERANTZA's goalie prevented a goal. Xiao Peng Bang could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Mădălin Lunca made a huge save. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The wind increased when Klement Mnich made the kick off in the second half. Mădălin Lunca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xiao Peng Bang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mădălin Lunca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xiao Peng Bang, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. In the 60th minute Klement Mnich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mădălin Lunca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mugur Udrea scored 1-2 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marjan Yatsenko, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mădălin Lunca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xiao Peng Bang in the 64th minute of the match. Marjan Yatsenko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristinel Tomozei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nichifor Aelenei in the 71st minute of play forced F.C. SPERANTZA's goalkeeper Marjan Yatsenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 73 played minutes F.C. SPERANTZA got a freekick which was hit by Celso Oto. Raureni Academy's Mădălin Lunca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Klement Mnich in the 75th minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, Raureni Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Klement Mnich came free, but Mădălin Lunca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mădălin Lunca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yevgen Sokolyanskyi in the 78th minute of play. After 82 played minutes Raureni Academy got a freekick which was hit by Mugur Udrea. In the 85th match minute, Raureni Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eliodor Timofte to maneuver through the defense. Mădălin Lunca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Klement Mnich in the 88th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Raureni Academy defense, Xiao Peng Bang kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mădălin Lunca. The Raureni Academy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mădălin Lunca should have stopped the shot. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the F.C. SPERANTZA players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.