U18 League

RIVULUS DOMINARUM
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Ivan Şumălan started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the game, Juventus PTM's Ivan Şumălan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dumitru Turlea made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cătălin Octavian got free with Virgil Lixandru in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 14th match minute, Juventus PTM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iustin Macamete to maneuver through the defense. In the 17th minute there was a penalty for Juventus PTM. Gheorghe Brezeanu stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Dumitru Turlea. 0-2. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ivan Şumălan during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ivan Şumălan hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Virgil Lixandru made an important save on a dangerous shot by Maxim Rioşanu in the 28th minute. Virgil Lixandru made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Maxim Rioşanu sent off a good shot on target. 37 minutes into the match, Maxim Rioşanu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Virgil Lixandru. Juventus PTM's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maxim Rioşanu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. After 48 minutes of play, ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s Maxim Rioşanu made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Virgil Lixandru was left in no man's land by his defense there! No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-2 at half-time.

Ivan Şumălan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to ASF BAIA MARE -MM- getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Marian Răducu hit a great ball. Gheorghe Brezeanu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 64 minutes of play, Juventus PTM's Ivan Şumălan made it 4-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dumitru Turlea was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Juventus PTM getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Nicodim Vasilian hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Maxim Rioşanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Virgil Lixandru was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Dumitru Turlea came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by Juventus PTM's Gheorghe Brezeanu. But to his dismay, Gheorghe Brezeanu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-4. Dumitru Turlea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gheorghe Brezeanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cătălin Octavian in the 78th minute of play forced Juventus PTM's goalkeeper Virgil Lixandru to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s Marian Răducu suffered a sprained foot after 80 minutes and couldn't finish the game. ASF BAIA MARE -MM- made a substitution. Teodor Avramescu replaced Marian Răducu. After a rather tough play, Juventus PTM's Valer Donici got a free kick in the 81st minute. After 82 played minutes, ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s Lucrețiu Arotăriței shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Virgil Lixandru came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ASF BAIA MARE -MM- reached it. In the 83rd minute, Victor Cucerzan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s Teodor Avramescu got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Virgil Lixandru didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s Cătălin Octavian shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 5-5 in the ordered_time% minute. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.