U18 League

Stadionul Municipal
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Adrian Jitaru's late challenge caught a Kobra TEAM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adrian Jitaru helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, FC Fanaticii's Adrian Jitaru got a free kick in the 4th minute. 8 minutes into the game, FC Fanaticii's Gică Curcă nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Junior Kobra made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 15th minute Dan Lalescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florin Pruneda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 18 minutes, Petru Hristea mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kobra TEAM and the FC Fanaticii players grew even worse after the yellow card. Petru Hristea hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Kobra TEAM's zone, Gică Curcă stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Junior Kobra came out of the goal and Gică Curcă tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to FC Fanaticii getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Gică Curcă hit a great ball. 34 minutes into the game, Cristi Tudorache threw the ball into play from the sideline. FC Fanaticii's Aurelian Enișteanu quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Junior Kobra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gică Curcă in the 35th minute of play. After a rather tough play, FC Fanaticii's Mihai Măliță got a free kick in the 37th minute. Junior Kobra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mihai Măliță, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Dan Lalescu made a kick off. Florin Pruneda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mihail Buciu in the 59th minute of play. Mihai Măliță received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Junior Kobra came out and tried to block the shot, but Mihai Măliță slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 61st minute. After 65 played minutes, Kobra TEAM's Eric Baștină shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Florin Pruneda came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Kobra TEAM reached it. In the 68th minute, Gică Curcă got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. FC Fanaticii's Florin Pruneda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filip Ciucă in the 75th minute of play. Gică Curcă's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Junior Kobra read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 77th minute of play. Leontin Loghin's late challenge caught a FC Fanaticii's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leontin Loghin helped the player get up and apologised. FC Fanaticii's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.