League

Apullum Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cristi Vuia kicked off to start the match. Codrin Vancea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gică Alexandru in the 3rd minute of play. Valer Tonegaru charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Valer Tonegaru the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 4 played minutes LEGIO XIII GEMINA got a freekick which was hit by Valer Tonegaru. In the 9th minute, Golan Puiu made a precise shot to the right of Florin Bouleanu. LEGIO XIII GEMINA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Florin Bouleanu came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by Super Troopers's Golan Puiu. But to his dismay, Golan Puiu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 16thth minute of the game Cristi Vuia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LEGIO XIII GEMINA's Florin Bouleanu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Cristi Vuia came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Super Troopers 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 Cristi Vuia couldn't finish the play. In the 19th minute, Golan Puiu 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. After a rather tough play, LEGIO XIII GEMINA's Mihail Macamete got a free kick in the 21st minute. When Super Troopers's Ioan Lupulescu in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye LEGIO XIII GEMINA's goalie prevented a goal. Cristi Vuia scored 0-3 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Florin Bouleanu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Golan Puiu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Codrin Vancea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gică Alexandru, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Golan Puiu in the 32nd minute of play forced LEGIO XIII GEMINA's goalkeeper Florin Bouleanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Cristi Vuia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Florin Bouleanu was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. In the 36th minute, Golan Puiu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Florin Bouleanu was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Golan Puiu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Florin Bouleanu having to interfere. Gică Alexandru struck a weak shot in the 45th minute. Codrin Vancea didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for LEGIO XIII GEMINA. In the 47th minute, Golan Puiu made a precise shot to the right of Florin Bouleanu. LEGIO XIII GEMINA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gică Alexandru to make the kick off. After having played for 57 minutes, Golan Puiu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Super Troopers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Golan Puiu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mihai Savu during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Cristi Vuia who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 62ndth minute tested the skills of Florin Bouleanu when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The crowd rose to their feet as Golan Puiu kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Florin Bouleanu. That made the score 0-6 in the 65 minute of play. After 70th play minutes Cristi Vuia shot 0-7, a short shot which went by Florin Bouleanu and just under the crossbar into goal. Super Troopers's Cristi Vuia got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Golan Puiu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Codrin Vancea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gică Alexandru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 81 minutes, Golan Puiu made it 0-9 with a short kick to the right side. LEGIO XIII GEMINA's Florin Bouleanu tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Cristi Vuia took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Florin Bouleanu. Florin Bouleanu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-11. Codrin Vancea didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Martin Bran went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-11 was the resulting score. The LEGIO XIII GEMINA fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Super Troopers were clearly better and deserved to take the win.