U23 League

Soca
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 0) Remus Manciulea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olimpiu Teodorescu in the 6th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Olimpiu Teodorescu in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Remus Manciulea prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 24 minutes, Eduard Darabonț mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Soca and the FC Cosula-BTF- players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 24th match minute, Soca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduard Darabonț to maneuver through the defense. In the 32nd minute, Ovidiu Zorlescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Remus Manciulea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sandu Bărbânță in the 35th minute of the match. In the 38th minute, Olimpiu Teodorescu made a precise shot to the right of Remus Manciulea. Soca's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. After 43 minutes of play, FC Cosula-BTF-'s Petruț Dugulescu made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Remus Manciulea was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ovidiu Zorlescu made a kick off. Olimpiu Teodorescu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Remus Manciulea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Petruț Dugulescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. In the 54th minute, Tudor Gheară hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 57 played minutes Petruț Dugulescu rounded Soca's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petruț Dugulescu in the 61st minute of play forced Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute, Olimpiu Teodorescu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Remus Manciulea. The goal made the score 0-7. Remus Manciulea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olimpiu Teodorescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Remus Manciulea made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Olimpiu Teodorescu sent off a good shot on target. 72 minutes into the match, Soca's goal looked a bit too open when Sandu Bărbânță came free, but Remus Manciulea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petruț Dugulescu in the 75th minute of play forced Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sandu Bărbânță in the 77th minute of play forced Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Petrică Udubaşa during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Petrică Udubaşa hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Soca's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Olimpiu Teodorescu 81 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-9. Remus Manciulea was out of position in the 84 minute of play, and Petruț Dugulescu capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Petruț Dugulescu really showed his touch with that goal: 0-10. If Manuel Neicu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 91 minutes into the match, Olimpiu Teodorescu notched a goal, 0-11, to the right of Soca's Remus Manciulea. Remus Manciulea was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 94 minutes into the match, Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gheorghe Chițan. Remus Manciulea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Petruț Dugulescu in the 96th minute of the match. FC Cosula-BTF- played a much better game than Soca and deserved their victory. The Soca players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.