U18 League

RAE
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cornel Lovin started the match with the kick off. Cornel Lovin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 5 minutes of play, FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Octav Martinaș made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Victor Andriescu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Horaţiu Găină who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 9thth minute tested the skills of Cristinel Tiberian when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Cristinel Tiberian made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Horaţiu Găină sent off a good shot on target. FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Cristinel Tiberian proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save FC PIETROSUL -MM- from getting a goal against them. ⚽RAE⚽'s Victor Andriescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cornel Lovin in the 23rd minute of play. After 28 minutes of play, FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Cornel Lovin made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Victor Andriescu was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuel Tomulescu in the 31st minute of play forced ⚽RAE⚽'s goalkeeper Victor Andriescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute, Cornel Lovin made a precise shot to the right of Victor Andriescu. ⚽RAE⚽'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 35th minute, Cornel Lovin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Victor Andriescu was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. In the 37th minute, Paul Mirea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Martin Dragota sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 45th minute, Gigel Paveliuc 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.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Horaţiu Găină to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 50th match minute, ⚽RAE⚽ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victor Boia to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octav Martinaș in the 57th minute of play forced ⚽RAE⚽'s goalkeeper Victor Andriescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59thth minute of the game Horaţiu Găină who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Cristinel Tiberian was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cristinel Tiberian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Dragota in the 61st minute of the match. In the 65th minute, Gigel Paveliuc ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristinel Tiberian was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 70th minute, but Victor Andriescu got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving ⚽RAE⚽ hanging dry this time. 71 minutes into the match, ⚽RAE⚽'s goalkeeper Victor Andriescu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Octav Martinaș. Victor Andriescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cornel Lovin, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. After 75 minutes, Horaţiu Găină mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ⚽RAE⚽ and the FC PIETROSUL -MM- players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, ⚽RAE⚽'s Horaţiu Găină got a free kick in the 75th minute. 79 minutes into the match, FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Cornel Lovin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Victor Andriescu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Octav Martinaș got free with Victor Andriescu in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 83 minutes into the match, ⚽RAE⚽'s goalkeeper Victor Andriescu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emanuel Tomulescu. When Felix Chițu fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s protests and gave Felix Chițu a yellow card for diving instead. Aristide Maghiar was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 85th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Cristinel Tiberian showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Horaţiu Găină, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. FC PIETROSUL -MM- walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.