League

Pincota
Spectators: 7990 (Terracing: 5994, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Szymon Wicherek made the kick off which started today's match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lucian Baldovinescu in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Denis Herlea saved Pincota from getting behind. Denis Herlea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucian Baldovinescu in the 5th minute of play. In the 9th minute Lucian Baldovinescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denis Herlea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucian Baldovinescu in the 18th minute of play forced Pincota's goalkeeper Denis Herlea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Denis Herlea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristi Bădila in the 24th minute of the match. Universitatea cluj's Emil Kociniewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vlad Ştefănuţ in the 28th minute of play. Denis Herlea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucian Baldovinescu in the 29th minute of the match. 31 minutes into the match, Pincota's goal looked a bit too open when Leandro Damião came free, but Denis Herlea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristi Bădila in the 33rd minute of play forced Pincota's goalkeeper Denis Herlea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Denis Herlea didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lucian Baldovinescu went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Denis Herlea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leandro Damião in the 35th minute of the match. A hard shot 37 in the game by Szymon Wicherek from a close distance when the talented Emil Kociniewski managed to make a qualified save. Universitatea cluj's players were relieved. Denis Herlea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristi Bădila, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Denis Herlea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rareș Trif in the 39th minute of play. Denis Herlea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leandro Damião in the 40th minute of play. 40 minutes into the game, Universitatea cluj's Leandro Damião nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Denis Herlea made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Rareș Trif received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Denis Herlea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 45th minute Lucian Baldovinescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denis Herlea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 45 minutes into the game, Universitatea cluj's Lucian Baldovinescu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Denis Herlea made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. After the first half Universitatea cluj were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lucian Baldovinescu made a kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Lucian Baldovinescu dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Denis Herlea, 0-4. After 60 minutes, Jurand Czekaj mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pincota and the Universitatea cluj players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 60th minute, one of Pincota:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Pincota. When the match had been going on for 61 minutes, Universitatea cluj's Bartolo Alarcon got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Denis Herlea. Ubaldo Lon kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucian Baldovinescu in the 64th minute of play forced Pincota's goalkeeper Denis Herlea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 66 minutes Pincota's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Bartolo Alarcon who took care of the corner kick. Alin Tăcutu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Denis Herlea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucian Baldovinescu in the 69th minute of play forced Pincota's goalkeeper Denis Herlea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 71 minutes, Denis Herlea successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. With an all-out effort, Universitatea cluj's Denis Herlea threw himself towards the right post 73 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Lucian Baldovinescu, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 73rd match minute, Pincota was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vlad Ştefănuţ to maneuver through the defense. 78 minutes into the match, Pincota's goal looked a bit too open when Lucian Baldovinescu came free, but Denis Herlea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Iustin Niță might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Denis Herlea. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Iustin Niță ran back to his position shaking his head. After 83 minutes, Szymon Wicherek mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pincota and the Universitatea cluj players grew even worse after the yellow card. Szymon Wicherek hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Leandro Damião kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Denis Herlea. That made the score 0-9 in the 84 minute of play. Pincota's Denis Herlea proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Pincota from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Pincota's Denis Herlea got control of the ball when Lucian Baldovinescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, Pincota's Denis Herlea got control of the ball when Lucian Baldovinescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Lucian Baldovinescu came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Universitatea cluj fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lucian Baldovinescu couldn't finish the play. When the match was over Universitatea cluj could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Pincota throughout the match.