U18 League

RAE
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nicodim Ibrișin started the match with the kick off. Victor Boia recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind ⚽RAE⚽'s goalkeeper Victor Andriescu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Victor Andriescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ionuț Stuparu in the 12th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, ⚽RAE⚽'s Victor Boia got a free kick in the 15th minute. Victor Andriescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ionuț Stuparu, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Victor Boia during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 19 played minutes ⚽RAE⚽ got a freekick which was hit by Victor Boia. Ilie Armeanca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marius Bălașa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferdinand Ştefoi in the 23rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferdinand Ştefoi in the 26th minute of play forced Juventus Țiu's goalkeeper Marius Bălașa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ⚽RAE⚽ were awarded a corner in the 27th minute after Juventus Țiu's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Victor Boia took the corner. Nicodim Ibrișin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Marius Bălașa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Juventus Țiu's Vlad Papadima in the 30th minute got a chance for a shot 30th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ⚽RAE⚽'s goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Vlad Papadima put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Victor Andriescu. Ferdinand Ştefoi hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. In the 35th minute of the match, Ferdinand Ştefoi tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Marius Bălașa saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Victor Andriescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilie Armeanca in the 37th minute of the match. After 38 minutes of play, Juventus Țiu's Vlad Papadima made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Victor Andriescu was left in no man's land by his defense there! 47 minutes into the match, Juventus Țiu's goal looked a bit too open when Ferdinand Ştefoi came free, but Marius Bălașa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

After 52 minutes ⚽RAE⚽'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mugurel Buda who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Gică Comarnescu almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ⚽RAE⚽'s Victor Andriescu did a great save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Vlad Papadima in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Victor Andriescu saved ⚽RAE⚽ from getting behind. Mugurel Buda took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 56th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Victor Andriescu. ⚽RAE⚽'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vlad Papadima in the 59th minute of play forced ⚽RAE⚽'s goalkeeper Victor Andriescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of ⚽RAE⚽ booed when Juventus Țiu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Denis Bologa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nicodim Ibrișin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marius Bălașa having to interfere. With a little luck, ⚽RAE⚽'s Victor Andriescu got control of the ball when Vlad Papadima tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marius Bălașa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ferdinand Ştefoi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ⚽RAE⚽'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Victor Boia in the 79th minute. After 90 minutes, Denis Bologa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Juventus Țiu and the ⚽RAE⚽ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Denis Bologa kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Ferdinand Ştefoi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Marius Bălașa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Victor Andriescu managed to avoid a goal in the 94thth minute, when Juventus Țiu's Vlad Papadima fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Juventus Țiu's Marius Bălașa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ferdinand Ştefoi in the 95th minute of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Juventus Țiu eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.