Prized/Friendly Cup

Juvete Arena
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Axl Rose took the kick off in the first half of the match. Alexandru Chiriloaie charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alexandru Chiriloaie the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Uriel Lauren took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 5th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marius Bălașa. Juventus Țiu's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 9 minutes into the game, Howling Dawn U18's Axl Rose nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marius Bălașa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Mihele in the 11th minute of play forced Howling Dawn U18's goalkeeper Santos Hori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Howling Dawn U18's zone, Dorin Popeneciu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Santos Hori came out of the goal and Dorin Popeneciu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 19 minutes into the game, Gerard Way cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Marius Bălașa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Romulo Palos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Santos Hori didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dorin Popeneciu went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. When Alexandru Chiriloaie was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 37 minutes had been played. A collision led to Juventus Țiu getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Alexandru Chiriloaie hit a great ball. In the 38th minute of the match Uriel Lauren shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marius Bălașa showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Marius Bălașa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romulo Palos, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Santos Hori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Mihele in the 45th minute of the match.

Romulo Palos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marius Bălașa having to interfere. Marius Bălașa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axl Rose, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axl Rose in the 56th minute of play forced Juventus Țiu's goalkeeper Marius Bălașa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Howling Dawn U18's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Uriel Lauren in the 57th minute. After taking down the ball on Howling Dawn U18's corner Uriel Lauren fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marius Bălașa quite easily take care of the ball. Moises Belo's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 59thth minute, Marius Bălașa skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Gerard Way took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marius Bălașa. Marius Bălașa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. 67 minutes into the match, Howling Dawn U18's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Mihele came free, but Santos Hori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Elias Mergildo kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Ernest Bărcăuan kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Howling Dawn U18 made a substitution. Astor Manilan replaced Juan Bittor. Ernest Bărcăuan hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. After 74 minutes, Mihail Ignătoiu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Juventus Țiu and the Howling Dawn U18 players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 74 played minutes Juventus Țiu got a freekick which was hit by Mihail Ignătoiu. The audience thought a goal was coming when Baltasar Walme got free with Marius Bălașa in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 84th minute, Scott Weiland ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marius Bălașa was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. Marius Bălașa made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Baltasar Walme sent off a good shot on target. Marius Bălașa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Scott Weiland in the 95th minute of the match. The Howling Dawn U18 supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Howling Dawn U18 would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.