Friendly League

Satulung
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Yuan Di Xing kicked off to start the match. 8 minutes into the match, TAXI-MM-'s goalkeeper Martin Alexa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mădălin Cangeopol. If Adrian Mutu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Panait Hațegan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacek Krzynowek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute, Jacek Krzynowek ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Panait Hațegan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. If Marius Tănasă had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Panait Hațegan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernardino Ipar in the 30th minute of the match. Mădălin Cangeopol received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Martin Alexa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tractorul Satulung -MM- were awarded a corner in the 36th minute after TAXI-MM-'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Heintje Gamarra took the corner. Mădălin Cangeopol kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Panait Hațegan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yuan Di Xing, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuan Di Xing in the 43rd minute of play forced Tractorul Satulung -MM-'s goalkeeper Panait Hațegan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th minute, Marlon Brando hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After the first half TAXI-MM- were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mădălin Cangeopol to make the kick off. Tractorul Satulung -MM-'s Panait Hațegan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacek Krzynowek in the 52nd minute of play. Panait Hațegan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jacek Krzynowek in the 55th minute. Jacek Krzynowek might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Panait Hațegan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jacek Krzynowek ran back to his position shaking his head. Panait Hațegan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacek Krzynowek in the 56th minute of the match. Mădălin Cangeopol fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martin Alexa having to interfere. In the 59th minute, Mădălin Cangeopol ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Martin Alexa was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Marius Tănasă might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Martin Alexa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marius Tănasă ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Mutu in the 74th minute of play forced TAXI-MM-'s goalkeeper Martin Alexa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tractorul Satulung -MM-'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 79th minute, when Yuan Di Xing scored to the left of an out of position Panait Hațegan, making the score, 1-2. The audience was convinced that Adrian Mutu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Martin Alexa was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. After 86 minutes TAXI-MM-'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Heintje Gamarra who took care of the corner kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mădălin Cangeopol in the 88th minute of play forced TAXI-MM-'s goalkeeper Martin Alexa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. TAXI-MM-'s supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.