La Villa
Spectators: 7765 (Terracing: 5825,
Seating: 1786, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Santos Romano made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Maxim Strugure got a free kick in the 2nd minute. The supporters of Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- booed when ..Villa Rugby Club.. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teobaldo Domiku didn't get a good kick on the ball. 8 minutes into the match, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goal looked a bit too open when Maxim Strugure came free, but Loco Nanuk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Valer Nuțu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ernesto Peruanton in the 9th minute of play. Loco Nanuk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Narcis Aursulesei in the 11th minute of the match. In the 11th minute, Teobaldo Domiku hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 17th minute Petre Benga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Loco Nanuk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Claudiu Bosioc got a free kick in the 18th minute. 20 minutes into the match, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Ernesto Peruanton sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Valer Nuțu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 27th minute Petre Benga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Loco Nanuk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 29 minutes into the game, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Ernesto Peruanton nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Valer Nuțu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Petre Benga in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Loco Nanuk saved ..Villa Rugby Club.. from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Petre Benga got a free kick in the 38th minute. Santos Romano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Valer Nuțu made a huge save. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Santos Romano got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 46 minutes into the game, Claudiu Bosioc was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ..Villa Rugby Club.. the free kick. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.
In the 51st minute the ball was on its way in behind Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goalkeeper Valer Nuțu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Petre Benga hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. In the 59th minute of the match Eulalio Justin shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Valer Nuțu showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. With a little luck, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Loco Nanuk got control of the ball when Petre Benga tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Santos Romano fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ..Villa Rugby Club..'s protests and gave Santos Romano a yellow card for diving instead. In the 62nd match minute, ..Villa Rugby Club.. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Santos Romano to maneuver through the defense. Valer Nuțu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Santos Romano went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet as Maxim Strugure kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Loco Nanuk. That made the score 2-2 in the 68 minute of play. With a little luck, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Loco Nanuk got control of the ball when Maxim Strugure tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ernesto Peruanton in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Valer Nuțu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Serafin Cordaryal came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the ..Villa Rugby Club.. 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 Serafin Cordaryal couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Teobaldo Domiku got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Loco Nanuk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petre Benga in the 82nd minute of play. In the 84th minute of the match Eulalio Justin sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Valer Nuțu skillfully saved the ball. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Loco Nanuk proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save ..Villa Rugby Club.. from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Claudiu Bosioc got free with Loco Nanuk in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Maxim Strugure could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Loco Nanuk made a huge save. In the 92nd minute of the match Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- got a corner. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eliodor Bântu ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Leontin Matei almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Loco Nanuk did a great save. Leontin Matei didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 2-3 via right post in the game's 92nd minute. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s supporters showed their exhuberating excitement!
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