U18 League

V.Sofia
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Iacob Roşulescu took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Fc S.Zaharesti getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Manuel Bălanescu hit a great ball. In the 11thth minute of the game Iacob Roşulescu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fc S.Zaharesti's Marcel Noica was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bogdan Luican made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Levința in the 13th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marius Isvoreanu in the 15th minute of play forced Fc S.Zaharesti's goalkeeper Marcel Noica to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute of the match GoalHunters got a corner. Fc S.Zaharesti's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Iacob Roşulescu ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 19th minute, Mădălin Vintilescu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bogdan Luican. The goal made the score 1-0. Bogdan Luican showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mădălin Vintilescu in the 28th minute of the match. In the 31st minute, Valentin Levința left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Fc S.Zaharesti fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Marcel Noica showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Horaţiu Frâncu, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. When Laurențiu Buteanu came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the GoalHunters 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 Laurențiu Buteanu couldn't finish the play. In the 41st minute, Nae Scripcaru hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

After a rather tough play, Fc S.Zaharesti's Manuel Bălanescu got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Valentin Levința sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 69 minutes into the match, Fc S.Zaharesti's goalkeeper Marcel Noica had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marius Isvoreanu. Manole Firu scored 4-0 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bogdan Luican, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Iacob Roşulescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcel Noica was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Bogdan Luican took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Levința, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcel Noica took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iacob Roşulescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dacian Cazimir's late challenge caught a GoalHunters's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dacian Cazimir helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Fc S.Zaharesti getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Dacian Cazimir hit a great ball. After 90 played minutes GoalHunters got a freekick which was hit by Doru Calomfir. Fc S.Zaharesti's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.