U18 League

Claudiu Maior
Spectators: 163 (Terracing: 123, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mădălin Vintilescu got the match started through his kick off. When Niculae Stere fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Fc S.Zaharesti's protests and gave Niculae Stere a yellow card for diving instead. Niculae Stere kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. If Ovidiu Negoescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Fc S.Zaharesti's Marcel Noica got control of the ball when Nistor Cantemir tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marcel Noica showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Calistrat Baicea, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Nistor Cantemir took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marcel Noica. Marcel Noica dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. In the 21st minute, Calistrat Baicea 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. Nistor Cantemir could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Marcel Noica made a huge save. After 23 minutes, Pompiliu Petrea mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fc S.Zaharesti and the Erdélyi SE Marosvásárhely players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 23 played minutes Fc S.Zaharesti got a freekick which was hit by Pompiliu Petrea. A collision led to Erdélyi SE Marosvásárhely getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Isac Bucurescu hit a great ball. Marcel Noica showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Calistrat Baicea, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. 37 minutes into the match, Fc S.Zaharesti's goal looked a bit too open when Ovidiu Negoescu came free, but Marcel Noica reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nicolae Găman kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nistor Cantemir stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Erdélyi SE Marosvásárhely's Nistor Cantemir sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marcel Noica narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Nicolae Găman managed to get in a good position for a shot. Erdélyi SE Marosvásárhely's supporters rose to their feet, but Nicolae Găman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcel Noica breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 58th minute, Manuel Gherase 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. Marcel Noica made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nistor Cantemir in the 62nd minute of play. Marcel Noica made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nistor Cantemir in the 64th minute of play. In the 66th minute, Nistor Cantemir left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Erdélyi SE Marosvásárhely fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. If Calistrat Baicea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Ovidiu Negoescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Erdélyi SE Marosvásárhely's supporters rose to their feet, but Ovidiu Negoescu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcel Noica breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ovidiu Negoescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Nistor Cantemir's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcel Noica was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. In the 94th minute Nistor Cantemir shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcel Noica saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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. Erdélyi SE Marosvásárhely fully deserved thier win.