League Play-Off

Podenii
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gelu Ogășanu made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the game, Yellow Flag's Gelu Ogășanu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ion Gogu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The audience was convinced that Gelu Ogășanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ion Gogu was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Ion Gogu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gelu Ogășanu in the 10th minute of the match. After 12 minutes of play, Yellow Flag's Isac Spiridon made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ion Gogu was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Podenii's Andrei Grozuță got a free kick in the 14th minute. Ion Gogu came out of the goal in the 19th minute to try and stop a shot by Yellow Flag's Silviu Oardă. But to his dismay, Silviu Oardă quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Ion Gogu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isac Spiridon in the 22nd minute of play. After 23 minutes of play, Yellow Flag's Gelu Ogășanu made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ion Gogu was left in no man's land by his defense there! 27 minutes into the match, Podenii's goal looked a bit too open when Gelu Ogășanu came free, but Ion Gogu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 28 played minutes Podenii got a freekick which was hit by Andrei Grozuță. A collision led to Podenii getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Sebastian Otopeanu hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihnea Druga in the 32nd minute of play forced Podenii's goalkeeper Ion Gogu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ion Gogu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silviu Oardă, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. After a rather tough play, Yellow Flag's George Mironov got a free kick in the 36th minute. After some careless play in the Podenii defense, Gelu Ogășanu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ion Gogu. The Podenii fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ion Gogu should have stopped the shot. If Gelu Ogășanu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 43 minutes of play, Yellow Flag's Isac Spiridon made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ion Gogu was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-7.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Niccolo Ciobica to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Podenii's zone, Gelu Ogășanu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ion Gogu came out of the goal and Gelu Ogășanu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gelu Ogășanu who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 56thth minute tested the skills of Ion Gogu when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 62 minutes into the game, Isac Spiridon cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-8. Ion Gogu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Silviu Oardă recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 66th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Isac Spiridon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Ion Gogu made a huge save. Ion Gogu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gelu Ogășanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Podenii defense, Isac Spiridon kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ion Gogu. The Podenii fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ion Gogu should have stopped the shot. Ion Gogu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gelu Ogășanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gelu Ogășanu struck a weak shot in the 82nd minute. Ion Gogu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Yellow Flag. A collision led to Yellow Flag getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Gelu Ogășanu hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Podenii's Doru Spiru got a free kick in the 85th minute. In the 86th match minute, Podenii was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ion Zafiu to maneuver through the defense. When Damian Chiliman came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the Yellow Flag 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 Damian Chiliman couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice moves Isac Spiridon could shoot a difficult shot in the 91st minute, which Ion Gogu however easily saved by the left post. After 93 minutes of play, Yellow Flag's Isac Spiridon made it 0-10 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ion Gogu was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 96th minute, Gelu Ogășanu 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.