U21 League

Ionut Andrei
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Narcis Cozorici showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eliodor Birișu, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. 13 minutes into the game, Emilian Ciprian cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Narcis Cozorici was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marian Hojbota charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marian Hojbota the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Narcis Cozorici stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Emilian Ciprian's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. After a rather tough play, White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Ivan Mereuță got a free kick in the 23rd minute. After some careless play in the White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- defense, Eliodor Birișu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Narcis Cozorici. The White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Narcis Cozorici should have stopped the shot. Marius Cucerdean fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nistor Arjoca having to interfere. Nistor Arjoca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eugen Butuc, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. In the 30th minute, Valentin Pamfil reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Nistor Arjoca. The goal made the score 1-3. Emilian Ciprian might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Narcis Cozorici. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Emilian Ciprian ran back to his position shaking his head. 41 minutes into the match, White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s goal looked a bit too open when Eliodor Birișu came free, but Narcis Cozorici reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th minute Emilian Ciprian shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Narcis Cozorici saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Eliodor Birișu made a kick off. Vlad Zâncă hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. After having played for 53 minutes, Nicolae Pencu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. -BZF- Petrolul Berca's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nicolae Pencu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Eugen Butuc scored 2-3 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nistor Arjoca, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 74 minutes into the match, Lucian Abraham notched a goal, 2-4, to the right of White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Narcis Cozorici. Narcis Cozorici was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 80th minute, Marius Cucerdean hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 82nd minute Eugen Butuc shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nistor Arjoca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Emilian Ciprian managed to get in a good position for a shot. -BZF- Petrolul Berca's supporters rose to their feet, but Emilian Ciprian was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Narcis Cozorici breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. -BZF- Petrolul Berca were clearly better and deserved to take the win.