U23 League

Antonas Arena
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cássio Dracena took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to ☆☆AC☆☆TG-OCNA☆☆ getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Eduard Emilianu hit a great ball. Grigore Costin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cássio Dracena in the 4th minute of play. 11 minutes into the match, Club 23's Cássio Dracena sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Grigore Costin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 12th minute of the match Club 23 got a corner. ☆☆AC☆☆TG-OCNA☆☆'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Bogdan Bogdanović ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Bogdan Bogdanović got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Grigore Costin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Sören Malmberg was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Toader Duca showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 14 minute of play. In the 18th minute, Juan Abecia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Club 23's Bogdan Bogdanović got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Ferdinand Voicu fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Club 23's protests and gave Ferdinand Voicu a yellow card for diving instead. After 23 played minutes Club 23 got a freekick which was hit by Ferdinand Voicu. Club 23's Sören Malmberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eduard Emilianu in the 29th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Zlatan Ibrahimov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sören Malmberg was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. After 37 played minutes ☆☆AC☆☆TG-OCNA☆☆ got a freekick which was hit by Eduard Emilianu. Grigore Costin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bogdan Bogdanović, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Grigore Costin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cássio Dracena in the 41st minute of the match. Sören Malmberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eduard Emilianu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Grigore Costin made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Cássio Dracena sent off a good shot on target. 53 minutes into the match, Club 23's goal looked a bit too open when Zlatan Ibrahimov came free, but Sören Malmberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 57th minute of the match Club 23 got a corner. ☆☆AC☆☆TG-OCNA☆☆'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Bogdan Bogdanović ran over to the corner to take the kick. Club 23's Sören Malmberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zlatan Ibrahimov in the 60th minute of play. In the 63rd minute, Cássio Dracena left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Club 23 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Club 23's Petre Ciolofan was substituted for Emil Cioran. 68 minutes into the match, Club 23's Cássio Dracena sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Grigore Costin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 72nd minute, Cássio Dracena got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. ☆☆AC☆☆TG-OCNA☆☆ made a substitution. Ionel Cârneci replaced Zlatan Ibrahimov. A collision led to ☆☆AC☆☆TG-OCNA☆☆ getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. 柳峰延 hit a great ball. Emanuel Robescu kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. Sören Malmberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ionel Cârneci in the 90th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Răzvan Pascaru managed to get in a good position for a shot. ☆☆AC☆☆TG-OCNA☆☆'s supporters rose to their feet, but Răzvan Pascaru was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sören Malmberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.