U23 League

Rapid Giulesti
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alin Chiru got the match started through his kick off. 9 minutes into the match, A4p FC Gad's goal looked a bit too open when Eren Tuygun came free, but Mugur Aanicăi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to FC Acatar getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Stefanos Ntinopoulos hit a great ball. Mugur Aanicăi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Phoenix Phoenix in the 12th minute of play. A4p FC Gad's Mugur Aanicăi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alin Chiru in the 14th minute of play. Mugur Aanicăi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alin Chiru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 16th minute FC Acatar were awarded a corner. Paul Taşcu went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led FC Acatar's Ştefan Grama to fire away a dangerous shot which Mugur Aanicăi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 18 minutes into the match, FC Acatar's goal looked a bit too open when Ion Bianu came free, but Dumitru Firu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A4p FC Gad's Mugur Aanicăi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Phoenix Phoenix in the 20th minute of play. Mugur Aanicăi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alin Chiru, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After 26 played minutes FC Acatar got a freekick which was hit by Constantin Bâlea. In the 28th minute, Alin Chiru hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mugur Aanicăi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Constantin Bâlea in the 31st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petru Tărău in the 39th minute of play forced FC Acatar's goalkeeper Dumitru Firu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dumitru Firu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ion Bianu in the 40th minute of the match. A4p FC Gad's Mugur Aanicăi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Constantin Bâlea in the 42nd minute of play. After the first half FC Acatar were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

51 minutes into the match, A4p FC Gad's goal looked a bit too open when Alin Chiru came free, but Mugur Aanicăi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alin Chiru hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. A collision led to A4p FC Gad getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Ion Bianu hit a great ball. In the 61st minute Alin Chiru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mugur Aanicăi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 62 minutes into the match, A4p FC Gad's goalkeeper Mugur Aanicăi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Constantin Bâlea. Dumitru Firu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Grigoroiu in the 67th minute of play. A4p FC Gad's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Victor Andone in the 68th minute. The corner led A4p FC Gad's Victor Andone to fire away a dangerous shot which Dumitru Firu despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Constantin Bâlea got free with Mugur Aanicăi in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ştefan Grama was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 72 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 72nd minute of the game. One of FC Acatar:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of A4p FC Gad:s goal. Dumitru Firu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Petru Tărău, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 81st minute, Ion Bianu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dumitru Firu was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. A4p FC Gad's Mugur Aanicăi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save A4p FC Gad from getting a goal against them. In the 85th minute, Remus Chițes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mugur Aanicăi made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Constantin Bâlea sent off a good shot on target. Mugur Aanicăi made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Alin Chiru sent off a good shot on target. 97 minutes into the match, Phoenix Phoenix had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mugur Aanicăi. A4p FC Gad's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Phoenix Phoenix was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3.