U23 League

Stadium of Peretu
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dan Deleanu started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute Victor Piţurcă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucian Alexandrescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lucian Alexandrescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Piţurcă, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Peretu City 09's Lucian Alexandrescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 10th minute of play. Victor Piţurcă took the ball and in the 13 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lucian Alexandrescu. Lucian Alexandrescu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Victor Piţurcă fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucian Alexandrescu having to interfere. The supporters of Emerald booed when Peretu City 09 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Radu Dragușin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lucian Alexandrescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Piţurcă, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. 23 minutes into the game, Dan Deleanu lined in a short shot 1-1 behind a frustrated Bogdan Lobonț. Novak Djokovic made in the 26th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Emerald's 梅国崇. Emerald's attentive 梅国崇 managed to snatch the ball when Novak Djokovic made a throw-in in the 27th minute of the game. Bogdan Lobonț made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vito Silva in the 30th minute. When Victor Piţurcă came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the Emerald 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 Victor Piţurcă couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Victor Piţurcă's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lucian Alexandrescu was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. Gennaro Gattuso kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Jaime Carioca took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 36th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Lucian Alexandrescu. Peretu City 09's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 38th minute of play forced Peretu City 09's goalkeeper Lucian Alexandrescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Victor Piţurcă might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lucian Alexandrescu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Victor Piţurcă ran back to his position shaking his head. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Victor Piţurcă was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 51st minute of play forced Peretu City 09's goalkeeper Lucian Alexandrescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lucian Alexandrescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Piţurcă, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 55 played minutes Peretu City 09 got a freekick which was hit by Novak Djokovic. Hurşit Cemşit was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 59 minutes into the match. In the 59th minute, one of Emerald:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Emerald. Peretu City 09's Lucian Alexandrescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 68th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Emerald's Victor Piţurcă slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Lucian Alexandrescu. That made the score 2-2 after 74 minutes of play. A collision led to Peretu City 09 getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Ferdinand Mischie hit a great ball. In the 83rd minute Vito Silva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bogdan Lobonț saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpected shot in the 84th minute by Gabriel Vermeşan got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gabriel Vermeşan got free with Lucian Alexandrescu in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Peretu City 09's Matei Cutean got a free kick in the 86th minute. 2-3 became the score in the 87th minute when Victor Piţurcă elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. The supporters of Emerald booed when Peretu City 09 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ferdinand Mischie didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 98th minute, Emerald's Gabriel Vermeşan ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Lucian Alexandrescu. Lucian Alexandrescu yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-4. The Peretu City 09 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Emerald were clearly better and deserved to take the win.