Friendly League

North Walsham
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Nae Hârțan started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to North Walsham HD getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Callum Workman hit a great ball. 10 minutes into the match, Nae Hârțan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pierce Bennett. North Walsham HD's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nae Hârțan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After 13 minutes of play, CS UNIVERSATEA CRAIOVA's Lucero Cabrera made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pierce Bennett was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Callum Workman during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, North Walsham HD's Callum Workman got a free kick in the 19th minute. 21 minutes into the match, Osvaldo Fontana notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of North Walsham HD's Pierce Bennett. Pierce Bennett was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Pierce Bennett stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Osvaldo Fontana's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. 28 minutes into the match, Corneliu Oroian had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pierce Bennett. North Walsham HD's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Corneliu Oroian was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Nae Hârțan took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pierce Bennett. Pierce Bennett dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. Corneliu Oroian sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 36 minutes of play, CS UNIVERSATEA CRAIOVA's Nae Hârțan made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pierce Bennett was left in no man's land by his defense there! CS UNIVERSATEA CRAIOVA's Osvaldo Fontana got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 41st minute Corneliu Oroian shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pierce Bennett saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 45 played minutes North Walsham HD got a freekick which was hit by Drew Merrill. An unexpectedly hard shot by Drew Merrill in the 47th minute of play forced CS UNIVERSATEA CRAIOVA's goalkeeper Cornel Filimon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The North Walsham HD players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. CS UNIVERSATEA CRAIOVA were winning 0-6.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Drew Merrill made a kick off. Aristide Videanu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Pierce Bennett made a huge save. Corneliu Oroian scored 0-8 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pierce Bennett, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 60 minutes into the game, Osvaldo Fontana cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-9. Pierce Bennett was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Pierce Bennett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Corneliu Oroian in the 64th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Nae Hârțan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pierce Bennett. That made the score 0-10 in the 65 minute of play. The audience was convinced that Nae Hârțan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pierce Bennett was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. In the 72nd minute, Callum Workman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Corneliu Oroian in the 74th minute of play forced North Walsham HD's goalkeeper Pierce Bennett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, North Walsham HD's Russell Brownlow got a free kick in the 78th minute. North Walsham HD's defense didn't have a chance, in the 79th minute, when Nae Hârțan scored to the left of an out of position Pierce Bennett, making the score, 0-11. In the 82nd minute, Aristide Videanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 83 minutes into the game, Corneliu Oroian cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-12. Pierce Bennett was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. North Walsham HD's Pierce Bennett played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nae Hârțan in the 88th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Corneliu Oroian in the 89th minute of play forced North Walsham HD's goalkeeper Pierce Bennett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute Nae Hârțan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pierce Bennett saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 93 minutes into the game, Lucero Cabrera recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Pierce Bennett. Lucero Cabrera showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-13. CS UNIVERSATEA CRAIOVA's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.