Friendly League

Giulesti Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) FC Buciumii's Sebastian Giubelean started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Aurelian Ştiubei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Beto Centella in the 3rd minute of play. Aurelian Ştiubei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Ramos, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. 8 minutes into the match, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goal looked a bit too open when Sebastian Giubelean came free, but Lorenzo De Paredes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th match minute, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nelsinho Nóbrega to maneuver through the defense. Lorenzo De Paredes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastian Giubelean, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aurelian Ştiubei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eraldo Dionisi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 14 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Eraldo Dionisi sped through FC Buciumii's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Aurelian Ştiubei. After 19 minutes, Alejandro Muñoz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ and the FC Buciumii players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 24 minutes of play, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s José Ramos made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aurelian Ştiubei was left in no man's land by his defense there! Aurelian Ştiubei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Ramos, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. The supporters of ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ booed when FC Buciumii was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Traian Acalinei didn't get a good kick on the ball. When José Ramos came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that José Ramos couldn't finish the play. 34 minutes into the match, FC Buciumii's goal looked a bit too open when José Ramos came free, but Aurelian Ştiubei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Panait Gârdan hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. During the 39th minute of the match Traian Acalinei completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Traian Acalinei a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 40th match minute, FC Buciumii was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Traian Acalinei to maneuver through the defense. Beto Centella took the ball and in the 41 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aurelian Ştiubei. Aurelian Ştiubei dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. The supporters of FC Buciumii booed when ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. José Ramos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Beto Centella received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Aurelian Ştiubei tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Beto Centella stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 60 minutes into the game, Beto Centella lined in a short shot 0-4 behind a frustrated Aurelian Ştiubei. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Diómedes Rodriguez was substituted for Beto Centella. In the 73rd minute, FC Buciumii's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Diómedes Rodriguez fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Ritchie Van Menen succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-5 in the 75th playminute. The audience was convinced that Diómedes Rodriguez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aurelian Ştiubei was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Diómedes Rodriguez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Aurelian Ştiubei tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eraldo Dionisi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Aurelian Ştiubei tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 88th minute, Diómedes Rodriguez 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. 94 minutes into the match, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Diómedes Rodriguez sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aurelian Ştiubei narrowly saved just below the crossbar. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.