U21 League

Soca
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ovidiu Zorlescu kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petrică Dragu in the 3rd minute of play forced Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 4 minutes into the game, Vlashers's Trayko Mendov 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, 0-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Trayko Mendov in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Remus Manciulea saved Soca from getting behind. 10 minutes into the game, Vlashers's Trayko Mendov 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, 0-2. Petrică Dragu might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Remus Manciulea. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Petrică Dragu ran back to his position shaking his head. 17 minutes into the match, Soca's goal looked a bit too open when Petrică Dragu came free, but Remus Manciulea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th minute Trayko Mendov 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 Petrică Dragu in the 20th minute of the match. Soca's Remus Manciulea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Trayko Mendov in the 25th minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, Petrică Dragu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Remus Manciulea. Soca's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Petrică Dragu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Remus Manciulea came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by Vlashers's Trayko Mendov. But to his dismay, Trayko Mendov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Remus Manciulea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Trayko Mendov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th minute, Lucky Luciano made a precise shot to the right of Remus Manciulea. Soca's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. Remus Manciulea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teofilo Gaitano, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. 40 minutes into the game, Vlashers's Teofilo Gaitano 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, 0-6. Remus Manciulea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Trayko Mendov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Soca's zone, Petrică Dragu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Remus Manciulea came out of the goal and Petrică Dragu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

The wind increased when Trayko Mendov made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Trayko Mendov. Lucky Luciano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Remus Manciulea having to interfere. In the 55th minute, Petrică Dragu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Remus Manciulea. The goal made the score 0-7. In the 58th minute, Eduard Dumitrana 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. After a rather tough play, Soca's Tudor Gheară got a free kick in the 60th minute. Teofilo Gaitano received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Remus Manciulea came out and tried to block the shot, but Teofilo Gaitano slotted it home off the left post making it 0-8 in the 61st minute. Through an outstanding action, after 66 minutes, Remus Manciulea successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Trayko Mendov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Remus Manciulea made a huge save. Trayko Mendov took the ball and in the 67 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Remus Manciulea. Remus Manciulea dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-9. Eduard Dumitrana's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Remus Manciulea firmly grabbed it by the left post. A hard shot 72 in the game by Trayko Mendov from a close distance when the talented Remus Manciulea managed to make a qualified save. Soca's players were relieved. In the 73rd minute of the match Vlashers got a corner. Soca's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lucky Luciano ran over to the corner to take the kick. Soca's Remus Manciulea proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Soca from getting a goal against them. In the 82nd minute, Petrică Dragu made a precise shot to the right of Remus Manciulea. Soca's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-10. 85 minutes into the match, Petrică Dragu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Remus Manciulea. Soca's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Petrică Dragu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-11. Remus Manciulea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Genaro Palben, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Remus Manciulea made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Trayko Mendov sent off a good shot on target. Petrică Dragu took the ball and in the 91 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Remus Manciulea. Remus Manciulea dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-12. 97 minutes into the match, Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Trayko Mendov.