U18 League

Sarmisegetuza
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Niculae Alb kicked off to start the match. Nistor Manu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Humă, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Alex Team's Lucrețiu Arseanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niculae Alb in the 16th minute of play. Sergiu Hurmuz's late challenge caught a Dacians Academy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sergiu Hurmuz helped the player get up and apologised. In the 17th match minute, Alex Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sergiu Hurmuz to maneuver through the defense. Augustin Oltean's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Lucrețiu Arseanu firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 24th minute, Niculae Alb made a precise shot to the right of Lucrețiu Arseanu. Alex Team's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. David Simionescu charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed David Simionescu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Nistor Manu had in the 32ndth minute some difficulties stopping Niculae Ştercă's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. After 32 minutes of play, Alex Team's Niculae Ştercă made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nistor Manu was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Alex Team's Niculae Ştercă got a free kick in the 40th minute. With an all-out effort, Dacians Academy's Lucrețiu Arseanu threw himself towards the right post 42 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Niculae Alb, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Sergiu Hurmuz hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. The long shot by Niculae Alb in the 44th minute really tested Lucrețiu Arseanu's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. When the match had gone on for 47 minutes, Niculae Alb took a quick shot and it went in 3-2 without a chance for Lucrețiu Arseanu to make any attempt to save it. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-2 at half-time.

Lucrețiu Arseanu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Niculae Alb's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. Lucrețiu Arseanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augustin Oltean in the 57th minute of the match. 60 minutes into the match, Alex Team's goal looked a bit too open when Augustin Oltean came free, but Lucrețiu Arseanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Olimpiu Săndoi came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the Dacians Academy 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 Olimpiu Săndoi couldn't finish the play. In the 70th minute Florin Tărău shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nistor Manu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 74 played minutes Dacians Academy got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Bădilescu. Lucrețiu Arseanu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Niculae Alb, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 78 minutes of play, Dacians Academy's Augustin Oltean made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lucrețiu Arseanu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Niculae Alb scored 5-2 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lucrețiu Arseanu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 96 played minutes Dacians Academy got a freekick which was hit by Valer Logofeteanu. Dacians Academy's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.