U21 League

Olympus Stadium
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The crowd rose to their feet as Romanian Gods™'s Irinel Poenaru slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Remus Manciulea. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. Mircea Encioiu lost his temper 9 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Soca fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 8th minute. Penalty! Soca's Remus Manciulea proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Soca from getting a goal against them. With his leg Remus Manciulea managed to avoid a goal in the 18thth minute, when Romanian Gods™'s Luca Huștea fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Remus Manciulea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Basarab Logofeteanu in the 21st minute of the match. In the 22nd minute, Luca Huștea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sabin Baicu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Francisc Trăilă having to interfere. In the 25thth minute of the game Irinel Poenaru who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Soca's Remus Manciulea was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Soca's Remus Manciulea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Basarab Logofeteanu in the 27th minute of play. Luca Huștea came free with the goalkeeper in the 28th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Remus Manciulea could save by the left post. Remus Manciulea made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Irinel Poenaru sent off a good shot on target. Remus Manciulea made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luca Huștea in the 30th minute. 32 minutes into the match, Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Irinel Poenaru. Soca's Adam Nedelea managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Niculae Luncașu in the 34 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Basarab Logofeteanu in the 37th minute of play forced Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Romanian Gods™ defense, Sabin Baicu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Francisc Trăilă. The Romanian Gods™ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Francisc Trăilă should have stopped the shot. Remus Manciulea made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luca Huștea in the 45th minute. In the 47th minute Basarab Logofeteanu 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.

Soca's Remus Manciulea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Huștea in the 52nd minute of play. A collision led to Soca getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Ovidiu Zorlescu hit a great ball. Remus Manciulea didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Basarab Logofeteanu went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Huștea in the 63rd minute of play forced Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Francisc Trăilă was a little too slow when Tudor Gheară got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 64th minute. The score was now 3-3. Sabin Baicu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Francisc Trăilă having to interfere. Remus Manciulea didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Basarab Logofeteanu went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. Remus Manciulea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Huștea in the 74th minute of play. Remus Manciulea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Huștea in the 78th minute of play. Tudor Gheară charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tudor Gheară the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Romanian Gods™ booed when Soca was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tudor Gheară didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 80th minute, Adam Nedelea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Francisc Trăilă took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tudor Gheară, 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 Luca Huștea in the 91st minute of the match. Irinel Poenaru received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Remus Manciulea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Romanian Gods™ fully deserved thier win.