League Play-Off

RAZVAN ARENA
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Damon Grove took the kick off in the first half of the match. Horia Codru showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cazimir Cantemir, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 8th minute of the match Ding 孙坚 shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dragoş Crăciunescu showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Horia Codru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cazimir Cantemir in the 9th minute of the match. When Alcos Pascani FC's Codrin Jitaru in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye RAZVAN TEAM's goalie prevented a goal. Otokar Princ scored 1-0 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dragoş Crăciunescu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 18 minutes into the game, Cazimir Cantemir was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Alcos Pascani FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave RAZVAN TEAM the free kick. After a rather tough play, Alcos Pascani FC's Cazimir Cantemir got a free kick in the 18th minute. Alcos Pascani FC's Dragoş Crăciunescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damon Grove in the 23rd minute of play. RAZVAN TEAM's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ding 孙坚 in the 24th minute. The corner ended in Ding 孙坚 almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Alcos Pascani FC's Dragoş Crăciunescu did a great save. After 26 played minutes RAZVAN TEAM got a freekick which was hit by Petrică Vulpe. Otokar Princ could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Dragoş Crăciunescu made a huge save. Dragoş Crăciunescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nick Oldham, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Dimitris Saravakos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 30th minute Nick Oldham shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dragoş Crăciunescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 32 minutes into the game, RAZVAN TEAM's Dimitris Saravakos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dragoş Crăciunescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. After 34 played minutes Alcos Pascani FC got a freekick which was hit by Codrin Jitaru. Dragoş Crăciunescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eduard Penescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Dimitris Saravakos took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Dragoş Crăciunescu to make any attempt to save it. Dragoş Crăciunescu was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Eduard Penescu showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-1 in the 45 minute of play. Damon Grove's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dragoş Crăciunescu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 47th minute of play. Otokar Princ could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 48th minute of the match, but Dragoş Crăciunescu made a huge save.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cazimir Cantemir was the one to do the kick off. Alcos Pascani FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Egbert Ter in the 53rd minute. Egbert Ter made a great header on Alcos Pascani FC's corner, it was just that RAZVAN TEAM's Horia Codru managed to reach the ball for a save. Dragoş Crăciunescu came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by RAZVAN TEAM's Nick Oldham. But to his dismay, Nick Oldham quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. 61 minutes into the match, Eduard Penescu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dragoş Crăciunescu. Alcos Pascani FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eduard Penescu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. In the 63rd match minute, Alcos Pascani FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cazimir Cantemir to maneuver through the defense. 64 minutes into the game, RAZVAN TEAM's Eduard Penescu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dragoş Crăciunescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-1. Horia Codru took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robbie Newby, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 70 minutes into the game, Otokar Princ cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-1. Dragoş Crăciunescu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Dragoş Crăciunescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eduard Penescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Dragoş Crăciunescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Damon Grove went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 9-1 was the resulting score. In the 80th match minute, Alcos Pascani FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Codrin Jitaru to maneuver through the defense. Codrin Jitaru received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Horia Codru tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 88th minute, Damon Grove left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The RAZVAN TEAM fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 11-1. Through an outstanding action, after 92 minutes, Horia Codru successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Nick Oldham's late challenge caught a Alcos Pascani FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nick Oldham helped the player get up and apologised. Nick Oldham hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. 95 minutes into the game, RAZVAN TEAM's Otokar Princ nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dragoş Crăciunescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 12-1. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. RAZVAN TEAM fully deserved thier win.