U21 League

Hope stadium
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sebastian Purje kicked off to start the match. Valentin Hâjdău showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romeo Galiceanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 8 minutes into the game, Club Vertigo's Narcis Popoiu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Valentin Hâjdău made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Valentin Hâjdău showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romeo Galiceanu in the 11th minute of the match. In the 12th minute Romeo Galiceanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valentin Hâjdău saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Hope AFC defense, Emanuel Negru kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Valentin Hâjdău. The Hope AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Valentin Hâjdău should have stopped the shot. Valentin Hâjdău made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sorin Macrea in the 19th minute of play. Nikulás Benediktsson made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Sebastian Purje sent off a good shot on target. 24 minutes into the match, Sorin Macrea notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Hope AFC's Valentin Hâjdău. Valentin Hâjdău was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Hope AFC booed when Club Vertigo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Damian Tirulescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Damian Tirulescu charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Damian Tirulescu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Emanuel Barbu was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 34 minutes into the match. Nistor Iftimescu scored 0-4 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Valentin Hâjdău, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Romeo Galiceanu took the ball and in the 45 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Valentin Hâjdău. Valentin Hâjdău dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Romeo Galiceanu was the one to do the kick off. Romeo Galiceanus short, quick shot in the 56thth minute got Valentin Hâjdău to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Costică Dindelegan came free with the goalkeeper in the 57th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Valentin Hâjdău could save by the left post. Romeo Galiceanu's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Valentin Hâjdău firmly grabbed it by the left post. If Gheorghe Comănescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Hope AFC's Valentin Hâjdău got control of the ball when Romeo Galiceanu tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 72nd minute Sorin Macrea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valentin Hâjdău saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hope AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 74th minute, when Nistor Iftimescu scored to the left of an out of position Valentin Hâjdău, making the score, 0-7. After 81 played minutes Club Vertigo got a freekick which was hit by Sorin Macrea. 85 minutes into the match, Hope AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Sorin Macrea came free, but Valentin Hâjdău reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 93 minutes of play, Club Vertigo's Romeo Galiceanu made it 0-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valentin Hâjdău was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the final whistle sounded Club Vertigo left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Hope AFC.