U23 League

Balavanis ArenA
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) FC ciufulici's Manuel Tremurici 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. Mugurel Apostolescu succeeded in the game's 4th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. Toader Arotăriței could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Cezar Barboni made a huge save. In the 11th minute, Toader Arotăriței reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cezar Barboni. The goal made the score 2-0. Ciprian Sângeorzan received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Cezar Barboni came out and tried to block the shot, but Ciprian Sângeorzan slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 15th minute. In the 20th minute Marin Gavrilă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cezar Barboni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, Mugurel Apostolescu dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Cezar Barboni, 4-0. 26 minutes into the game, Toader Arotăriței cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Cezar Barboni was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marin Gavrilă took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cezar Barboni. Cezar Barboni dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. 32 minutes into the match, Toader Arotăriței dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Cezar Barboni, 7-0. In the 35th minute Ciprian Sângeorzan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cezar Barboni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 39 minutes into the match, Ştefan Şimoc had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cezar Barboni. FC ciufulici's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ştefan Şimoc was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 9-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

After 52 minutes of play, Balavanis's Toader Arotăriței made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cezar Barboni was left in no man's land by his defense there! FC ciufulici's Cezar Barboni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ciprian Sângeorzan in the 61st minute of play. In the 62nd minute, Toader Arotăriței ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cezar Barboni was frozen by the shot and now it was 11-0. Cezar Barboni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toader Arotăriței, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Cezar Barboni didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mugurel Apostolescu went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 12-0 was the resulting score. Marin Gavrilă took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cezar Barboni. Cezar Barboni dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 13-0. After 73 minutes FC ciufulici's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Horaţiu Vermeşan who took care of the corner kick. Horaţiu Vermeşan made a great header on Balavanis's corner, it was just that FC ciufulici's Cezar Barboni managed to reach the ball for a save. 76 minutes into the match, Gigel Crăciun had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cezar Barboni. FC ciufulici's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gigel Crăciun was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 14-0. Cezar Barboni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Horaţiu Vermeşan in the 79th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marin Gavrilă in the 83rd minute of play forced FC ciufulici's goalkeeper Cezar Barboni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 85 minutes into the match, FC ciufulici's goal looked a bit too open when Ciprian Sângeorzan came free, but Cezar Barboni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Toader Arotăriței had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mugurel Apostolescu in the 97th minute of play forced FC ciufulici's goalkeeper Cezar Barboni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Balavanis had played much better football throughout.