U23 League

Football Arena
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lucian Ipate made the kick off which started today's match. 2 minutes into the game, F.C CLUJ MEDICINA's Narcis Agachi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dumitru Nedelciu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Bogdan Lobonț took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucian Ipate, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Ovidiu Voicescu put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Dumitru Nedelciu. After a defensive mix-up in FC Liverpool YnWa's zone, Cătălin Barbăroșie stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dumitru Nedelciu came out of the goal and Cătălin Barbăroșie tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Narcis Agachi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dumitru Nedelciu having to interfere. FC Liverpool YnWa's Dumitru Nedelciu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Narcis Agachi in the 24th minute of play. After 26 minutes, Octavian Beșleaga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Liverpool YnWa and the F.C CLUJ MEDICINA players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, FC Liverpool YnWa's Octavian Beșleaga got a free kick in the 26th minute. In the 29th minute, Narcis Agachi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The F.C CLUJ MEDICINA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. In the 35th minute Calistrat Potopea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dumitru Nedelciu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Calistrat Potopea notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of FC Liverpool YnWa's Dumitru Nedelciu. Dumitru Nedelciu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dumitru Nedelciu came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by F.C CLUJ MEDICINA's Calistrat Potopea. But to his dismay, Calistrat Potopea quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. In the 44th minute, Ionuț Șipoș hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lucian Ipate charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lucian Ipate the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Narcis Agachi to strike the kick off in the second half. Calistrat Potopea could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Dumitru Nedelciu made a huge save. In the 58th minute, Remus Anghelescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bogdan Lobonț showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexandru Anton in the 60th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Narcis Agachi in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dumitru Nedelciu saved FC Liverpool YnWa from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Ovidiu Voicescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. F.C CLUJ MEDICINA's supporters rose to their feet, but Ovidiu Voicescu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dumitru Nedelciu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Bogdan Lobonț didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Remus Anghelescu went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-6 was the resulting score. In the 76th minute, Cătălin Barbăroșie left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The F.C CLUJ MEDICINA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-7. Remus Anghelescu kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. If Narcis Agachi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 89 played minutes F.C CLUJ MEDICINA got a freekick which was hit by Șerban Rusu. A hard shot 95 in the game by Cătălin Barbăroșie from a close distance when the talented Dumitru Nedelciu managed to make a qualified save. FC Liverpool YnWa's players were relieved. F.C CLUJ MEDICINA's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.