League

Tarsa
Spectators: 7527 (Terracing: 5715, Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 60) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ernest Paulică got the match started through his kick off. Cosmin Braica kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Nicu Bărcăuan's late challenge caught a Tarsa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nicu Bărcăuan helped the player get up and apologised. After 6 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for STEAUA SIGHET! STEAUA SIGHET:s Iurie Neicu showed great skill when he stopped Claudiu Zota:s penalty. After recieving a nice pass, STEAUA SIGHET's Aristide Pască tried to score from far away in the 11th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. A collision led to STEAUA SIGHET getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Luca Mărăscu hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Tarsa's zone, Aurel Dănășel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Damian Pătrășconiu came out of the goal and Aurel Dănășel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 18th match minute, Tarsa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Claudiu Zota to maneuver through the defense. 24 minutes into the match, Tarsa's goal looked a bit too open when Sandu Aldescu came free, but Damian Pătrășconiu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Tarsa's Claudiu Zota got a free kick in the 28th minute. 30 minutes into the match, Sandu Aldescu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Damian Pătrășconiu. Tarsa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sandu Aldescu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Iurie Neicu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernest Paulică, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Iurie Neicu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bogdan Antipa in the 35th minute. Robert Balint received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Iurie Neicu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Iurie Neicu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernest Paulică, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bogdan Antipa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 46th minute of the match, but Iurie Neicu made a huge save. The Tarsa players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. STEAUA SIGHET were winning 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dan Lăceanu to make the kick off. Bogdan Antipa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iurie Neicu having to interfere. Bogdan Antipa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iurie Neicu having to interfere. Bogdan Antipa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iurie Neicu having to interfere. Ernest Paulică fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iurie Neicu having to interfere. Iurie Neicu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernest Paulică in the 67th minute of the match. Iurie Neicu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bogdan Antipa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aurelian Dedu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Iurie Neicu having to make a save. Iurie Neicu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bogdan Antipa in the 73rd minute of play. Nicu Bărcăuan kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. In the 78th minute of the match, Dan Lăceanu tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Damian Pătrășconiu saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernest Paulică in the 81st minute of play forced STEAUA SIGHET's goalkeeper Iurie Neicu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogdan Antipa in the 83rd minute of play forced STEAUA SIGHET's goalkeeper Iurie Neicu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Claudiu Zota struck a weak shot in the 84th minute. Iurie Neicu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tarsa. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Tarsa's goalkeeper Damian Pătrășconiu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 94th minute Bogdan Antipa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iurie Neicu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cosmin Braica charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cosmin Braica the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 95th minute, one of STEAUA SIGHET:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for STEAUA SIGHET. The referee gave Tarsa a penalty, 97 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Claudiu Zota, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of STEAUA SIGHET's Iurie Neicu. 1-1. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Tarsa players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.