U21 League

Soca
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 0) In the 6th minute Emil Glodeanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remus Manciulea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Remus Manciulea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leontin Iacobescu in the 8th minute of the match. Emil Glodeanu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Remus Manciulea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Remus Manciulea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leontin Iacobescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. 14 minutes into the match, Soca's goal looked a bit too open when Sever Dobrescu came free, but Remus Manciulea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 15 minutes of play, MIT's Leontin Iacobescu made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Remus Manciulea was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Emil Glodeanu fell near the penalty area in the 18th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored MIT's protests and gave Emil Glodeanu a yellow card for diving instead. 20 minutes into the game, Leontin Iacobescu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Remus Manciulea was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Remus Manciulea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emil Glodeanu in the 24th minute of play. Remus Manciulea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leontin Iacobescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Remus Manciulea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sever Dobrescu in the 29th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the game, Leontin Iacobescu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Remus Manciulea was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 34 minutes into the game, MIT's Sever Dobrescu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Remus Manciulea made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. 39 minutes into the match, MIT's Leontin Iacobescu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Remus Manciulea narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Remus Manciulea didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sever Dobrescu went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-7 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Leontin Iacobescu made the kick off in the second half. 0-8 became the score in the 52nd minute when Leontin Iacobescu elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After 54 played minutes Soca got a freekick which was hit by Octav Dragalina. In the 57th minute, Leontin Iacobescu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Remus Manciulea was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-9. Remus Manciulea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emil Glodeanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Remus Manciulea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emil Glodeanu in the 62nd minute of the match. In the 68th minute, MIT's Emil Glodeanu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-10. The crowd rose to their feet as Leontin Iacobescu kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Remus Manciulea. That made the score 0-11 in the 71 minute of play. Remus Manciulea was a little too slow when Mihai Cismaș got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 75th minute. The score was now 0-12. Remus Manciulea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristi Foltea in the 78th minute of the match. Remus Manciulea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leontin Iacobescu in the 80th minute of play. In the 88th minute, Flavius Câmpeanu 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. Octav Dragalina made in the 92nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Sabin Baicu. 95 minutes into the game, Leontin Iacobescu recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Remus Manciulea. Leontin Iacobescu showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-13. MIT played a much better game than Soca and deserved their victory. The Soca players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.