U23 League

Unicorns Temple
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Sandu Cârlan started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 5 minutes into the match, Unicorns ™'s goal looked a bit too open when Claudiu Radovan came free, but Isac Drâmba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Costel Saşca managed to get in a good position for a shot. AFC Nirosxn 08's supporters rose to their feet, but Costel Saşca was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Isac Drâmba breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The AFC Nirosxn 08 fans' excitement grew in the 12th match minute when AFC Nirosxn 08's Costel Saşca looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Emil Lunca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mugur Siniştean in the 18th minute of play. Emil Lunca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mugur Siniştean, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. After 18 played minutes AFC Nirosxn 08 got a freekick which was hit by Isac Popescu. After 21 played minutes Petrică Ţirpescu rounded AFC Nirosxn 08's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-1. When Costel Saşca fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AFC Nirosxn 08's protests and gave Costel Saşca a yellow card for diving instead. In the 33rd minute, Nae Josan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 35th minute, Costel Saşca 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. In the 45thth minute of the game Costel Saşca who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Unicorns ™'s Isac Drâmba was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Costel Saşca's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Isac Drâmba was relentless in the 47th minute of the game.

The wind increased when Tudor Bodea made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Claudiu Radovan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 52nd minute, Calistrat Bolborici hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 57 minutes, Claudiu Radovan took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Isac Drâmba to make any attempt to save it. After a rather tough play, Unicorns ™'s Romeo Barbosu got a free kick in the 61st minute. Isac Drâmba made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Calistrat Bolborici sent off a good shot on target. In the 70thth minute of the game Sandu Cârlan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Unicorns ™'s Isac Drâmba was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. AFC Nirosxn 08 were awarded a corner in the 72th minute after Unicorns ™'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Calistrat Bolborici took the corner. The corner led AFC Nirosxn 08's Calistrat Bolborici to fire away a dangerous shot which Isac Drâmba despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mugur Siniştean in the 75th minute of play forced AFC Nirosxn 08's goalkeeper Emil Lunca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sandu Cârlan succeeded in the game's 78th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-3. Unicorns ™'s Isac Drâmba proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Unicorns ™ from getting a goal against them. AFC Nirosxn 08 were awarded a corner in the 87th minute after Unicorns ™'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Calistrat Bolborici took the corner. If Costel Saşca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Isac Drâmba made an important save on a dangerous shot by Costel Saşca in the 91st minute. In the 92nd minute, Sandu Cârlan reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Isac Drâmba. The goal made the score 1-4. Costel Saşca might have been able to make a better finish in the 96th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Isac Drâmba. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Costel Saşca ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match was over AFC Nirosxn 08 could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Unicorns ™ throughout the match.