U18 League

Soca
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tudor Bodea got the match started through his kick off. Ovidiu Zorlescu's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Isac Drâmba firmly grabbed it by the left post. 7 minutes into the match, Soca's goal looked a bit too open when Tudor Bodea came free, but Remus Manciulea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 12th minute, Petrică Ţirpescu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Remus Manciulea was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 19th minute, Tudor Bodea made a precise shot to the right of Remus Manciulea. Soca's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Petrică Ţirpescu scored 0-4 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Remus Manciulea, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match clock showed 28 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Tudor Bodea sped through Soca's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Remus Manciulea. In the 32nd minute, Sabin Baicu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Remus Manciulea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mugur Siniştean in the 36th minute of play. Remus Manciulea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mugur Siniştean in the 37th minute of the match. Petrică Udubaşa kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Aurel Huștiu took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 40th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Remus Manciulea. Soca's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Tudor Bodea put it in 0-6 from a short distance just to the right of Remus Manciulea. In the 45th minute Petrică Ţirpescu 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ovidiu Zorlescu to make the kick off. In the 51st match minute, Unicorns ™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aurel Huștiu to maneuver through the defense. 59 minutes into the match, Petrică Ţirpescu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Remus Manciulea. Soca's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Petrică Ţirpescu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8. When the match had gone on for 64 minutes, Tudor Bodea took a quick shot and it went in 0-9 without a chance for Remus Manciulea to make any attempt to save it. If Ovidiu Zorlescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 72 played minutes Soca got a freekick which was hit by Mircea Encioiu. A hard shot by Aurel Huștiu from long distance, 74 minutes into the match, got Remus Manciulea's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Remus Manciulea didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tudor Bodea went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-10 was the resulting score. Dumitru Geoană fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Remus Manciulea having to interfere. Remus Manciulea was out of position in the 81 minute of play, and Calistrat Mihalcea capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Calistrat Mihalcea really showed his touch with that goal: 0-11. Tudor Bodea took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Remus Manciulea. Remus Manciulea dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-12. Petrică Ţirpescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Soca defense, Mugur Siniştean kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Remus Manciulea. The Soca fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Remus Manciulea should have stopped the shot. Unicorns ™ played a much better game than Soca and deserved their victory. The Soca players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.