U18 League

Soca
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 0) Mircea Encioiu hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Remus Manciulea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Irinel Chiriță in the 5th minute of the match. Sabin Baicu was extremely unlucky when he, in the 6th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Eduard Darabonț hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Soca's Remus Manciulea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Remus Bojin in the 14th minute of play. In the 16th minute Irinel Chiriță shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remus Manciulea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Octav Dragalina during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Octav Dragalina kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Remus Manciulea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Remus Bojin in the 18th minute of play. 21 minutes into the match, Soca's goal looked a bit too open when Irinel Chiriță came free, but Remus Manciulea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Remus Manciulea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Irinel Chiriță in the 29th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Irinel Chiriță in the 31st minute of play forced Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 34 minutes into the game, Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Remus Bojin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Remus Manciulea made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Remus Manciulea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nichifor Dumitrescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. In the 38th minute, Nichifor Dumitrescu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Batalionul U23 Dorobanti fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Irinel Chiriță in the 42nd minute of play forced Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Remus Bojin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Remus Manciulea having to interfere. After the first half Batalionul U23 Dorobanti 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 Ovidiu Zorlescu made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Remus Bojin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Remus Manciulea was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. In the 55th minute, Nichifor Dumitrescu made a precise shot to the right of Remus Manciulea. Soca's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. In the 58th minute, Ovidiu Zorlescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 68th minute of the game. One of Soca:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Batalionul U23 Dorobanti:s goal. Remus Manciulea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Irinel Chiriță in the 80th minute of play. Remus Manciulea made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Nichifor Dumitrescu sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Dragoş Cumpanașu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Remus Manciulea. That made the score 0-8 after 87 minutes of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nichifor Dumitrescu got free with Remus Manciulea in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Remus Manciulea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Irinel Chiriță, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. Soca's Remus Manciulea proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 98th minute of the match, managed to save Soca from getting a goal against them. Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.