U23 League

Carpathics Field
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Gigel Tănăsocă received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Iacob Biriș tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Carpathians booed when Eintracht Cernavoda was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Viorel Plăcintă didn't get a good kick on the ball. Filip Pantiș sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Carpathians's Iacob Biriș played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filip Pantiș in the 7th minute of play. In the 8th match minute, Eintracht Cernavoda was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mihăiţă Jder to maneuver through the defense. Carpathians's Cristian Voineag shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 10th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Eustacio Sotero but with some difficulty. Filip Pantiș might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Iacob Biriș. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Filip Pantiș ran back to his position shaking his head. Iacob Biriș made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Pantiș in the 12th minute of play. Iacob Biriș made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Pantiș in the 15th minute of play. In the 15th minute Filip Pantiș shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iacob Biriș saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Adrian Angheluță in the 17th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Eintracht Cernavoda's Cristi Dulca. Iacob Biriș made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mihăiţă Jder in the 19th minute of play. In the 23rdth minute of the game Filip Pantiș who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Carpathians's Iacob Biriș was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 24 minutes, Adrian Angheluță mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Carpathians and the Eintracht Cernavoda players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filip Pantiș in the 26th minute of play forced Carpathians's goalkeeper Iacob Biriș to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eintracht Cernavoda's attentive Cristi Dulca managed to snatch the ball when Adrian Angheluță made a throw-in in the 27th minute of the game. Filip Pantiș sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Filip Pantiș had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dorel Pipirig in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eustacio Sotero saved Eintracht Cernavoda from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Dorel Pipirig's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eustacio Sotero was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dorel Pipirig was the one to do the kick off. Iacob Biriș made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Pantiș in the 58th minute of play. In the 60th minute, Viorel Plăcintă hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 65th minute, Salvatore Schillaci hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Carpathians made a substitution. Ursus Martin replaced Dorinel Munteanu. In the 67th match minute, Carpathians was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Salvatore Schillaci to maneuver through the defense. Iacob Biriș showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mihăiţă Jder, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Eintracht Cernavoda's Eustacio Sotero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Salvatore Schillaci in the 72nd minute of play. Gigel Tănăsocă could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Iacob Biriș made a huge save. In the 79th minute, Dorel Pipirig hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 84 minutes into the game, Salvatore Schillaci cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Eustacio Sotero was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Iacob Biriș made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mihăiţă Jder in the 88th minute. 92 minutes into the match, Eintracht Cernavoda's goal looked a bit too open when Dorel Pipirig came free, but Eustacio Sotero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 93 minutes Eintracht Cernavoda's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mugurel Lupșe who took care of the corner kick. 94 minutes into the match, Salvatore Schillaci notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Eintracht Cernavoda's Eustacio Sotero. Eustacio Sotero was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Eintracht Cernavoda's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Carpathians had won, even though Eintracht Cernavoda had held more of the ball.