U23 League

Queen Arena
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Victor Piţurcă kicked off to start the match. The supporters of Emerald booed when FC MCM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zhu Liang Fei didn't get a good kick on the ball. FC MCM's Manuel Tufescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel Vermeşan in the 3rd minute of play. Gabriel Vermeşan had several of the FC MCM's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 7 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Manuel Tufescu as he didn't even see the shot coming. If Shen Jian Song had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Bogdan Lobonț made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shen Jian Song in the 14th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Vermeşan in the 15th minute of play forced FC MCM's goalkeeper Manuel Tufescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manuel Tufescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabriel Vermeşan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emerald's attentive 梅国崇 managed to snatch the ball when Zhu Liang Fei made a throw-in in the 21st minute of the game. 27 minutes into the match, Emerald's goal looked a bit too open when Shen Jian Song came free, but Bogdan Lobonț reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 30th minute, Emerald's Victor Piţurcă ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Manuel Tufescu. Manuel Tufescu yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. 33 minutes into the match, FC MCM's goal looked a bit too open when Gabriel Vermeşan came free, but Manuel Tufescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manuel Tufescu was out of position in the 36 minute of play, and Victor Piţurcă capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Victor Piţurcă really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. Victor Piţurcă struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Manuel Tufescu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Emerald. After a defensive mix-up in FC MCM's zone, Victor Piţurcă stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Manuel Tufescu came out of the goal and Victor Piţurcă tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. FC MCM's Zhu Liang Fei managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by 梅国崇 in the 45 minute of the game. FC MCM's Mircea Bodiu managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Jaime Carioca in the 45 minute of the game. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Shen Jian Song made the kick off in the second half. Bogdan Lobonț made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shen Jian Song in the 54th minute of play. FC MCM's Manuel Tufescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 55th minute of play. FC MCM made a substitution. Amaury Hulsen replaced Shen Jian Song. Emerald's 梅国崇 quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Zhu Liang Fei, made in the 62nd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 63rd minute of play forced FC MCM's goalkeeper Manuel Tufescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zhu Liang Fei's late challenge caught a Emerald's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zhu Liang Fei helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, FC MCM's Zhu Liang Fei got a free kick in the 65th minute. In the 68th minute Emerald were awarded a corner. Jaime Carioca went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Jaime Carioca got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Manuel Tufescu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to FC MCM getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Albert Pricop hit a great ball. Emerald's Damian Furlit managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Zhu Liang Fei in the 73 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 76th minute of play forced FC MCM's goalkeeper Manuel Tufescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emerald's Bogdan Lobonț played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amaury Hulsen in the 79th minute of play. Zhu Liang Fei made in the 82nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Virgil Cârnațiu. Bogdan Lobonț took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amaury Hulsen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 梅国崇 made in the 87th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Jaime Carioca however managed to control. In the 88th minute, Victor Piţurcă made a precise shot to the right of Manuel Tufescu. FC MCM's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. FC MCM's attentive Allan Clementsson managed to snatch the ball when 梅国崇 made a throw-in in the 91st minute of the game. A very nice done corner allowed Ferdinand Condrea to score against Manuel Tufescu in FC MCM's goal. 5-0 after 94 minutes. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Emerald fans cheered their team off the field, for while FC MCM had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.