League

Jiul Petrosani
Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cătălin Lucănescu took the kick off in the first half of the match. Dinu Jurcuț showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicodim Neguțu, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 4th minute, Petru Muslea made a precise shot to the right of Dinu Jurcuț. FC Jiul Petrosani's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Dinu Jurcuț made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicodim Neguțu in the 8th minute of play. Petru Muslea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Dinu Jurcuț tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nicodim Neguțu in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dinu Jurcuț saved FC Jiul Petrosani from getting behind. After 18 minutes of play, Ghidut FC's Nicodim Neguțu made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dinu Jurcuț was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Petru Muslea came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Ghidut FC 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 Petru Muslea couldn't finish the play. Dinu Jurcuț showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicodim Neguțu, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Nicodim Neguțu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dinu Jurcuț having to interfere. Aron Lesnea kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Nicodim Neguțu charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nicodim Neguțu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Nicodim Neguțu kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. In the 42nd minute Nicodim Neguțu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dinu Jurcuț saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to FC Jiul Petrosani getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Marcel Drumeș hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Petru Muslea's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dinu Jurcuț was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. Nae Ghizdeanu's late challenge caught a Ghidut FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nae Ghizdeanu helped the player get up and apologised. After 45 played minutes FC Jiul Petrosani got a freekick which was hit by Nae Ghizdeanu. A collision led to FC Jiul Petrosani getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Dorel Bobei hit a great ball. After 48 played minutes, Ghidut FC's Daniel Banica shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Dinu Jurcuț came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Ghidut FC reached it. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Nicodim Neguțu made the kick off in the second half. Dinu Jurcuț took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicodim Neguțu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nicodim Neguțu might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dinu Jurcuț. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nicodim Neguțu ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicodim Neguțu in the 63rd minute of play forced FC Jiul Petrosani's goalkeeper Dinu Jurcuț to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Petru Muslea struck a weak shot in the 65th minute. Dinu Jurcuț didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ghidut FC. 67 minutes into the match, FC Jiul Petrosani's goal looked a bit too open when Nicodim Neguțu came free, but Dinu Jurcuț reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Petru Muslea managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ghidut FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Petru Muslea was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dinu Jurcuț breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Aron Lesnea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Dinu Jurcuț tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Petru Muslea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dinu Jurcuț having to interfere. Dinu Jurcuț took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicodim Neguțu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ghidut FC's Nechifor Oprița played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eusebiu Vădan in the 80th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cătălin Lucănescu in the 81st minute of play forced Ghidut FC's goalkeeper Nechifor Oprița to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Eusebiu Vădan came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the FC Jiul Petrosani 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 Eusebiu Vădan couldn't finish the play. Manuel Elefteriu charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Manuel Elefteriu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When the final whistle sounded Ghidut FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC Jiul Petrosani.