U18 League

Truseni Arena
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) An unexpectedly hard shot by Tudor Fratea in the 3rd minute of play forced Portus Ganda's goalkeeper Jeroen Himschoot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ernst Jansens hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. In the 6th minute, Tudor Fratea reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jeroen Himschoot. The goal made the score 1-0. If Pierre Van Leemputte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 10th match minute, Portus Ganda was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ernst Jansens to maneuver through the defense. After 11 played minutes FC Truseni got a freekick which was hit by Tudor Fratea. In the 15th minute, Grigore Ciuche hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jeroen Himschoot made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tudor Fratea in the 22nd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Truseni's Grigore Josan slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jeroen Himschoot. That made the score 3-0 after 23 minutes of play. Pierre Van Leemputte fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Florin Burduja having to interfere. In the last second Jeroen Himschoot throw himself and got hold of the ball when Eduard Halipa in the 32ndth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Tudor Fratea received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jeroen Himschoot came out and tried to block the shot, but Tudor Fratea slotted it home off the left post making it 4-0 in the 34th minute. In the 37th minute, Tudor Fratea ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jeroen Himschoot was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Grigore Josan managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Truseni's supporters rose to their feet, but Grigore Josan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jeroen Himschoot breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 41 minutes, Ernst Jansens mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Portus Ganda and the FC Truseni players grew even worse after the yellow card. FC Truseni's Eduard Halipa got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tudor Fratea got free with Jeroen Himschoot in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tudor Fratea stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Grigore Josan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jeroen Himschoot was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. In the 52nd match minute, Portus Ganda was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pierre Van Leemputte to maneuver through the defense. After 53 minutes, Timmy Van Bouschot mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Portus Ganda and the FC Truseni players grew even worse after the yellow card. Timmy Van Bouschot kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Jeroen Himschoot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grigore Josan in the 55th minute of the match. Jeroen Himschoot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eduard Halipa in the 60th minute of play. When Pierre Van Leemputte came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Portus Ganda 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 Pierre Van Leemputte couldn't finish the play. In the 73rd minute, Pierre Van Leemputte ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Florin Burduja was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. Eduard Halipa kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. After 86 minutes of play, FC Truseni's Eduard Halipa made it 7-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jeroen Himschoot was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Tudor Fratea came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the FC Truseni 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 Tudor Fratea couldn't finish the play. Dorel Izmanã's late challenge caught a Portus Ganda's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dorel Izmanã helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Portus Ganda booed when FC Truseni was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dorel Izmanã didn't get a good kick on the ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. FC Truseni fully deserved thier win.