U21 League

Soca
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ovidiu Zorlescu got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Fabian Kaszubowski notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Soca's Remus Manciulea. Remus Manciulea was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 7 minutes into the match, Karl-Oskar Jonsson notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Soca's Remus Manciulea. Remus Manciulea was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 10 minutes into the match, Liviu Zubaşcu notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Soca's Remus Manciulea. Remus Manciulea was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Soca's Remus Manciulea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karl-Oskar Jonsson in the 14th minute of play. In the 19thth minute of the game Liviu Zubaşcu 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. In the 20th minute Liviu Zubaşcu 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. 23 minutes into the game, Sabin Baicu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Soca's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Uptown Otters the free kick. A collision led to Soca getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Sabin Baicu hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Soca defense, Liviu Zubaşcu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Remus Manciulea. The Soca fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Remus Manciulea should have stopped the shot. Remus Manciulea stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fabian Kaszubowski's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liviu Zubaşcu in the 32nd minute of play forced Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Soca getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Sabin Baicu hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fabian Kaszubowski in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Remus Manciulea saved Soca from getting behind. 36 minutes into the match, Liviu Zubaşcu 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 Liviu Zubaşcu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Soca's Remus Manciulea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liviu Zubaşcu in the 41st minute of play. A collision led to Soca getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Tudor Gheară hit a great ball. Remus Manciulea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karl-Oskar Jonsson in the 44th minute of play. Remus Manciulea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liviu Zubaşcu, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Liviu Zubaşcu to make the kick off. Karl-Oskar Jonsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Liviu Zubaşcu scored 0-6 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Remus Manciulea, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Karl-Oskar Jonsson got free with Remus Manciulea in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Remus Manciulea was out of position in the 62 minute of play, and Fabian Kaszubowski capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Fabian Kaszubowski really showed his touch with that goal: 0-7. 65 minutes into the game, Ionică Mihaiu recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Remus Manciulea. Ionică Mihaiu showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-8. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eusebiu Surdilă got free with Remus Manciulea in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Remus Manciulea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liviu Zubaşcu in the 76th minute of play. Remus Manciulea was out of position in the 77 minute of play, and Staffan Bergman capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Staffan Bergman really showed his touch with that goal: 0-10. In the 80th minute Fabian Kaszubowski 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. In the 82nd minute of the match, Ionică Mihaiu tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Remus Manciulea saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rolando Tearle in the 83rd minute of play forced Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 85 minutes into the game, Liviu Zubaşcu lined in a short shot 0-11 behind a frustrated Remus Manciulea. When Fabian Kaszubowski came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Uptown Otters fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Fabian Kaszubowski couldn't finish the play. Staffan Bergman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Remus Manciulea made a huge save. Remus Manciulea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Liviu Zubaşcu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match was over Uptown Otters could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Soca throughout the match.