U23 League

Gauriciu
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Virgil Codrescu got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Mircea Şchiopu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 4 minutes, Virgil Codrescu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gauriciu FC and the FC TraLaLa players grew even worse after the yellow card. Virgil Codrescu hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Vasile Leucuța might have been able to make a better finish in the 9th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Laurențiu Stoican. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Vasile Leucuța ran back to his position shaking his head. Ernest Porumboiu kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. 15 minutes into the match, FC TraLaLa's goalkeeper Marcu Tărbac had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Virgil Codrescu. 19 minutes into the game, Cristian Ciocâltea cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Laurențiu Stoican was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 24thth minute of the game Albert Dănănae who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gauriciu FC's Laurențiu Stoican was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 30 played minutes FC TraLaLa got a freekick which was hit by Ernest Porumboiu. Virgil Codrescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcu Tărbac having to interfere. In the 34th minute, Ernest Porumboiu made a precise shot to the right of Laurențiu Stoican. Gauriciu FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Laurențiu Stoican came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by FC TraLaLa's Cristian Ciocâltea. But to his dismay, Cristian Ciocâltea quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Laurențiu Stoican showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nichifor Crașovan, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nichifor Crașovan in the 46th minute of play forced Gauriciu FC's goalkeeper Laurențiu Stoican to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 48 minutes into the match, Nichifor Crașovan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Laurențiu Stoican. Gauriciu FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nichifor Crașovan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nichifor Crașovan to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nichifor Crașovan in the 65th minute of play forced Gauriciu FC's goalkeeper Laurențiu Stoican to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute Nichifor Crașovan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laurențiu Stoican saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Laurențiu Stoican showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nichifor Crașovan, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. After 72 minutes of play Gauriciu FC's Virgil Codrescu was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Nichifor Crașovan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Laurențiu Stoican tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 80th minute, FC TraLaLa's Nichifor Crașovan ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Laurențiu Stoican. Laurențiu Stoican yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. Laurențiu Stoican made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nichifor Crașovan in the 86th minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, Gauriciu FC's goalkeeper Laurențiu Stoican had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Albert Dănănae. The crowd rose to their feet as FC TraLaLa's Vasile Leucuța slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Laurențiu Stoican. That made the score 0-6 after 93 minutes of play. When the match was over FC TraLaLa could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Gauriciu FC throughout the match.