U21 World League

BARLAD ARENA
Spectators: 7866 (Terracing: 5901, Seating: 1809, VIP seats: 156) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dacian Panțâru started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute, Silviu Bogătan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Adrian Mercea was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Nichifor Codruț recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Silviu Nuțu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nichifor Codruț, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 14 played minutes FC Psihopel BM-MM- got a freekick which was hit by Albert Emilianu. A collision led to F.C.BARLAD getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Dumitru Surdu hit a great ball. In the 17th minute of the game Ferdinand Ghiurutan made a throw-in which Ovidiu Milescu played forward. F.C.BARLAD's Adrian Mercea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dacian Panțâru in the 19th minute of play. After 27 minutes of play, FC Psihopel BM-MM-'s Manole Dascălu made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Adrian Mercea was left in no man's land by his defense there! Silviu Nuțu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nichifor Codruț in the 30th minute of the match. 37 minutes into the game, FC Psihopel BM-MM-'s Dacian Panțâru nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Adrian Mercea made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. 40 minutes into the game, F.C.BARLAD's Nichifor Codruț nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Silviu Nuțu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-3. In the 44th minute, one of FC Psihopel BM-MM-: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 FC Psihopel BM-MM-. 4-3 came in the 47th minute when Nichifor Codruț all by himself managed to get straight through the defense and place the ball into the net to the right of Silviu Nuțu. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-3. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Paul Irod made the kick off in the second half. Silviu Nuțu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nichifor Codruț, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 54th minute, Ernest Zburlea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Silviu Nuțu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nichifor Codruț in the 57th minute of play. A throw-in in the 62nd minute of the game was made by Ovidiu Milescu with Manole Dascălu as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 64th minute, Sandu Mihu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Silviu Nuțu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paul Irod in the 65th minute of the match. After 66 played minutes F.C.BARLAD got a freekick which was hit by Paul Irod. After some careless play in the FC Psihopel BM-MM- defense, Paul Irod kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Silviu Nuțu. The FC Psihopel BM-MM- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Silviu Nuțu should have stopped the shot. Nichifor Codruț scored 6-3 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Silviu Nuțu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Silviu Nuțu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nichifor Codruț's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. After 80 minutes of play, FC Psihopel BM-MM-'s Manole Dascălu made it 6-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Adrian Mercea was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ferdinand Ghiurutan made in the 84th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by F.C.BARLAD's Adam Gheorghiță. After 88 minutes, Matei Creteanu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the F.C.BARLAD and the FC Psihopel BM-MM- players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 88th minute, Matei Creteanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Silviu Nuțu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paul Irod in the 93rd minute of play. After some careless play in the F.C.BARLAD defense, Dacian Panțâru kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Adrian Mercea. The F.C.BARLAD fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Adrian Mercea should have stopped the shot. F.C.BARLAD's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.