U18 League

Etihad Stadium
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ivan Şumălan took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th minute, Cornel Bourceanu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stelian Pânzariu was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Cornel Bourceanu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Stelian Pânzariu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nechifor Hogaș kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. 13 minutes into the match, Manchester City's goal looked a bit too open when Cornel Bourceanu came free, but Stelian Pânzariu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Manchester City getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Radu Frățilă hit a great ball. Adrian Zăraşcu kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Ivan Şumălan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stelian Pânzariu having to interfere. In the 20th minute, Cornel Bourceanu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Virgil Lixandru made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Constantin Doicaru in the 23rd minute of play. Stelian Pânzariu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cornel Bourceanu went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 28 minutes into the match, Cornel Bourceanu notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Manchester City's Stelian Pânzariu. Stelian Pânzariu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Emanuel Mocanu scored 0-4 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stelian Pânzariu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Adrian Zăraşcu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Nichifor Dragota's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Virgil Lixandru was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. In the 41st match minute, Juventus PTM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emanuel Mocanu to maneuver through the defense. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Constantin Doicaru to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivan Şumălan in the 66th minute of play forced Manchester City's goalkeeper Stelian Pânzariu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Horaţiu Tinu charged in rather forcefully in the 74th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Horaţiu Tinu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Manchester City booed when Juventus PTM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Horaţiu Tinu didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 75 played minutes, Manchester City's Nechifor Hogaș shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Virgil Lixandru 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 Manchester City reached it. Ivan Şumălan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 77th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 78th minute, Ivan Şumălan fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Stelian Pânzariu, passed just outside the right post. Stelian Pânzariu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cornel Bourceanu in the 80th minute. After a rather tough play, Juventus PTM's Cornel Bourceanu got a free kick in the 84th minute. With a little luck, Manchester City's Stelian Pânzariu got control of the ball when Cornel Bourceanu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Stelian Pânzariu made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Cornel Bourceanu sent off a good shot on target. In the 93rd minute, Ivan Şumălan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Juventus PTM fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6.