Friendly League

Catunele
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Lucian Ionașcu kicked off to start the match. Nicu Furdui could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Nichifor Moțoc made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gigel Oțeteleșanu during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gigel Oțeteleșanu kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. In the 6th minute the ball was on its way in behind AC Milan's goalkeeper Nichifor Moțoc, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Nichifor Moțoc made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Nicu Furdui sent off a good shot on target. Nichifor Moțoc made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nicu Furdui in the 10th minute. The supporters of CSM Catunele booed when AC Milan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Costică Gherasim didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nicu Furdui received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Nichifor Moțoc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nicu Furdui's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Nichifor Moțoc firmly grabbed it by the left post. AC Milan's Nichifor Moțoc proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save AC Milan from getting a goal against them. In the 19th play minute Nicu Furdui came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Nichifor Moțoc. 1-0. Șerban Oblemenco's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nichifor Moțoc read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 24th minute of play. Andrei Arbore showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Costică Gherasim in the 26th minute of the match. Stelian Săvulescu charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stelian Săvulescu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 28 played minutes CSM Catunele got a freekick which was hit by Stelian Săvulescu. Andrei Arbore took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tiberiu Cordescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Șerban Oblemenco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nichifor Moțoc was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Nichifor Moțoc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Șerban Oblemenco, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. When Luca Ilie fell near the penalty area in the 40th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AC Milan's protests and gave Luca Ilie a yellow card for diving instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 40th minute of the game. One of AC Milan:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of CSM Catunele:s goal. In the 42nd minute there was a penalty for CSM Catunele. Victor Băncilă stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Nichifor Moțoc. 2-0. Costică Gherasim hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. After 50 minutes AC Milan's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Victor Băncilă who took care of the corner kick. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Șerban Oblemenco stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nichifor Moțoc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicu Furdui in the 54th minute of the match. Cazimir Rădescu hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. AC Milan's Tiberiu Cordescu got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nicu Furdui received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Nichifor Moțoc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tiberiu Cordescu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Andrei Arbore read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 84th minute of play. Andrei Arbore took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucian Ionașcu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tiberiu Cordescu succeeded in the game's 94th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-1. After 97 played minutes AC Milan got a freekick which was hit by Constantin Graur. Nicu Furdui sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. CSM Catunele's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.