National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Petruț Bogătan got the match started through his kick off. Nicu Beniuc succeeded in the game's 4th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. Larry Lecky didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nicu Beniuc went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Larry Lecky showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicu Beniuc in the 14th minute of the match. A collision led to U21 Scotland getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Aiden Murdoch hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petruț Bogătan in the 19th minute of play forced U21 Scotland's goalkeeper Larry Lecky to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. U21 Scotland's Larry Lecky played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicu Beniuc in the 22nd minute of play. In the 30th minute, Petruț Bogătan made a precise shot to the right of Larry Lecky. U21 Scotland's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Larry Lecky made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petruț Bogătan in the 33rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nicu Beniuc in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Larry Lecky saved U21 Scotland from getting behind. Larry Lecky made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicu Beniuc in the 36th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Liviu Găman notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of U21 Scotland's Larry Lecky. Larry Lecky was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Larry Lecky showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Petruț Bogătan, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. 45 minutes into the match, U21 Scotland's goal looked a bit too open when Liviu Găman came free, but Larry Lecky reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Larry Lecky made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicu Beniuc in the 46th minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when George Moore stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicu Beniuc in the 57th minute of play forced U21 Scotland's goalkeeper Larry Lecky to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, U21 Scotland's Bradley Forester got a free kick in the 57th minute. U21 Romania made a substitution. Albert Ciocâltea replaced Petruț Bogătan. The supporters of U21 Romania booed when U21 Scotland was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bradley Forester didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Liviu Găman got free with Larry Lecky in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Liviu Găman's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Larry Lecky firmly grabbed it by the left post. Larry Lecky made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Albert Ciocâltea sent off a good shot on target. After some careless play in the U21 Scotland defense, Nicu Beniuc kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Larry Lecky. The U21 Scotland fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Larry Lecky should have stopped the shot. U21 Romania's Leontin Encescu was substituted for Toader Butuc. Albert Ciocâltea had several of the U21 Scotland's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 70 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-7 score and a disappointed Larry Lecky as he didn't even see the shot coming. An unexpected shot in the 73rd minute by Nicu Beniuc got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After some careless play in the U21 Scotland defense, Albert Ciocâltea kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Larry Lecky. The U21 Scotland fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Larry Lecky should have stopped the shot. Albert Ciocâltea could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Larry Lecky made a huge save. Liviu Găman received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Larry Lecky came out and tried to block the shot, but Liviu Găman slotted it home off the left post making it 0-9 in the 85th minute. Larry Lecky made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liviu Găman in the 89th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bradley Forester during the 90th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, U21 Scotland's Bradley Forester got a free kick in the 90th minute. In the 91st minute of the match Leontin Encescu sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Larry Lecky skillfully saved the ball. A collision led to U21 Scotland getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Bradley Forester hit a great ball. In the 94th minute, Nicu Beniuc reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Larry Lecky. The goal made the score 0-10. When the match was over U21 Romania could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than U21 Scotland throughout the match.