League

Rapid Giulesti
Spectators: 10841 (Terracing: 8132, Seating: 2493, VIP seats: 216) The mood of the audience was pleasant when James Batistuta made the kick off which started today's match. 2 minutes into the game, Primitivo Grau was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave A4p FC Gad the free kick. Primitivo Grau kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. After 4 minutes of play, A4p FC Gad's King Scorpio made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Diki Doro was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 8th minute Petre Iftode shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Glenn Fyfe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 9th minute of the match Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- got a corner. A4p FC Gad's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Stasio Bienienda ran over to the corner to take the kick. Iulian Berceanu lost his temper 11 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Glenn Fyfe had in the 14thth minute some difficulties stopping Zhao Sen Yang's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. After 16 minutes of play, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Zhao Sen Yang made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Glenn Fyfe was left in no man's land by his defense there! Diki Doro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Löfgren in the 20th minute of the match. Diki Doro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Daniel Löfgren's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. The A4p FC Gad fans' excitement grew in the 20th match minute when A4p FC Gad's Daniel Löfgren looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by King Scorpio in the 23rd minute of play forced Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goalkeeper Diki Doro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by King Scorpio in the 26th minute of play forced Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goalkeeper Diki Doro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Diki Doro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from King Scorpio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by İlhami Akyazıcı in the 29th minute of play forced A4p FC Gad's goalkeeper Glenn Fyfe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Diki Doro got control of the ball when Daniel Löfgren tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Löfgren got free with Diki Doro in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 38 minutes into the match, Daniel Löfgren dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Diki Doro, 3-1. Anfilogino Manzi kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zhao Sen Yang stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when King Scorpio came free, but Diki Doro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Anfilogino Manzi in the 54th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Petre Iftode. Glenn Fyfe didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zhao Sen Yang went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Glenn Fyfe made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zhao Sen Yang in the 58th minute. Dumitru Purcărete sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 61stth minute of the game Zhao Sen Yang who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but A4p FC Gad's Glenn Fyfe was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 64 minutes, Zhao Sen Yang managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Zhao Sen Yang was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A4p FC Gad's Flavius Cândroveanu was substituted for Daniel Löfgren. An unexpectedly hard shot by Flavius Cândroveanu in the 68th minute of play forced Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goalkeeper Diki Doro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 70 minutes into the match, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Amador Martxel came free, but Diki Doro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Emil Wielopolski was substituted for Grigore Maghiran. If Bernardo Di Piazza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 84 minutes in the game Anfilogino Manzi did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Flavius Cândroveanu. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.