U21 League

Hunting Field
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Jan-Ove Falkrans made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 2nd match minute, GoalHunters was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jan-Ove Falkrans to maneuver through the defense. Adrian Zbora struck a weak shot in the 3rd minute. Simion Pop didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Buffalo Timişoara. The supporters of Buffalo Timişoara booed when GoalHunters was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alin Brânzaș didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marin Tufescu in the 10th minute of play forced GoalHunters's goalkeeper Simion Pop to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benny Škriniar charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Benny Škriniar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Buffalo Timişoara's Marian Basarab played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan-Ove Falkrans in the 12th minute of play. Nicu Aluculesei could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Marian Basarab made a huge save. 17 minutes into the match, GoalHunters's goal looked a bit too open when Arnulfo Marino came free, but Simion Pop reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 19th minute, Wang Rong hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marian Basarab made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Jan-Ove Falkrans sent off a good shot on target. After 24 minutes of play, GoalHunters's Jan-Ove Falkrans made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marian Basarab was left in no man's land by his defense there! Simion Pop took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adrian Zbora, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jan-Ove Falkrans got free with Marian Basarab in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match had gone on for 33 minutes, Nicu Aluculesei took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Marian Basarab to make any attempt to save it. Marian Basarab showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Morvran Gardner, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Simion Pop didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adrian Zbora went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Benny Škriniar lost his temper 41 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After a rather tough play, Buffalo Timişoara's Benny Škriniar got a free kick in the 42nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Zbora in the 46th minute of play forced GoalHunters's goalkeeper Simion Pop to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The wind increased when Adrian Zbora made the kick off in the second half. Simion Pop took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adrian Zbora, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Zbora in the 52nd minute of play forced GoalHunters's goalkeeper Simion Pop to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marian Basarab showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Morvran Gardner, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Simion Pop showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Danil Merkushev, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. After 54 played minutes GoalHunters got a freekick which was hit by Morvran Gardner. Simion Pop took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arnulfo Marino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arnulfo Marino might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Simion Pop. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arnulfo Marino ran back to his position shaking his head. Simion Pop was out of position in the 59 minute of play, and Adrian Zbora capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Adrian Zbora really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. Marian Basarab showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicu Aluculesei, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. GoalHunters's Simion Pop proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save GoalHunters from getting a goal against them. 69 minutes into the match, GoalHunters's goal looked a bit too open when Adrian Zbora came free, but Simion Pop reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Buffalo Timişoara's Adrian Zbora got a free kick in the 71st minute. The supporters of GoalHunters booed when Buffalo Timişoara was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adrian Zbora didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Jan-Ove Falkrans had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With an all-out effort, Buffalo Timişoara's Simion Pop threw himself towards the right post 75 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Arnulfo Marino, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 76 minutes of play, GoalHunters's Fred Penha made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marian Basarab was left in no man's land by his defense there! Simion Pop made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arnulfo Marino in the 79th minute. Marian Basarab made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Morvran Gardner in the 88th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fred Penha in the 89th minute of play forced Buffalo Timişoara's goalkeeper Marian Basarab to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, GoalHunters's Simion Pop got control of the ball when Ganjar Prabowo tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 94th minute, Jan-Ove Falkrans left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GoalHunters fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-2.