U23 League

Rapid Giulesti
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) A4p FC Gad's Petru Tărău started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Costel Saşca's late challenge caught a A4p FC Gad's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Costel Saşca helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, AFC Nirosxn 08's Costel Saşca got a free kick in the 6th minute. Ivan Bogătean hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. The supporters of A4p FC Gad booed when AFC Nirosxn 08 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivan Bogătean didn't get a good kick on the ball. 12 minutes into the match, AFC Nirosxn 08's goalkeeper Emil Lunca had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Petru Tărău. After a rather tough play, A4p FC Gad's Octav Lăzăroiu got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute of the match Nicu Bălțăteanu shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Olimpiu Târlea showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Olimpiu Târlea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claudiu Radovan, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. In the 17th minute Costel Saşca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Olimpiu Târlea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 23rdth minute of the game Claudiu Radovan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but A4p FC Gad's Olimpiu Târlea was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costel Saşca in the 28th minute of play forced A4p FC Gad's goalkeeper Olimpiu Târlea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emil Lunca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petru Tărău in the 30th minute of play. In the 31st match minute, AFC Nirosxn 08 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivan Baniu to maneuver through the defense. In the 32nd minute, Codrin Dragalina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emil Lunca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felix Grigoroiu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Codrin Dragalina hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Emil Lunca made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Codrin Dragalina sent off a good shot on target. Eugen Basarab got a throw-in 43 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Costel Saşca. Emil Lunca made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Codrin Dragalina sent off a good shot on target. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ivan Baniu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Niculae Boltașu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 52nd minute, Ivan Baniu 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. Nae Josan kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. In the 62nd match minute, AFC Nirosxn 08 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eugen Basarab to maneuver through the defense. When Ivan Baniu came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the AFC Nirosxn 08 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 Ivan Baniu couldn't finish the play. 69 minutes into the match, Codrin Dragalina had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emil Lunca. AFC Nirosxn 08's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Codrin Dragalina was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. A4p FC Gad made a substitution. Petru Isopescu replaced Octav Lăzăroiu. After a rather tough play, A4p FC Gad's Codrin Dragalina got a free kick in the 75th minute. Codrin Dragalina was in a good position and ended up with the ball after A4p FC Gad's free kick, but he didn't get a good hit on the ball and blazed it high and to the right of the goal. Ion Bianu's late challenge caught a AFC Nirosxn 08's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ion Bianu helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to A4p FC Gad getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Ion Bianu hit a great ball. Olimpiu Târlea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Baniu, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 83rd minute, Ivan Baniu fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Olimpiu Târlea, passed just outside the right post. Olimpiu Târlea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costel Saşca in the 87th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costel Saşca in the 89th minute of play forced A4p FC Gad's goalkeeper Olimpiu Târlea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. AFC Nirosxn 08's Emil Lunca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Codrin Dragalina in the 91st minute of play. After 93 minutes, Octavian Odobescu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the A4p FC Gad and the AFC Nirosxn 08 players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 93rd minute, Octavian Odobescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 94 played minutes, AFC Nirosxn 08's Claudiu Radovan shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Olimpiu Târlea came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in AFC Nirosxn 08 reached it. A collision led to A4p FC Gad getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Octavian Odobescu hit a great ball. When the referee blew the final whistle, A4p FC Gad could leave the field as winners, despite AFC Nirosxn 08 having more of the ball for most of the match.