Articol de Justin Gafiuc - Publicat vineri, 26 februarie 2010 00:00
Unirea has dreamed about a miracle for half of the round. But they lost Galamaz, who was injured, and the English profit of the lacks in the defensive side of Urziceni with 3 simple goals
With 23.000 people behind, you want to move the mountains. The blood flows faster in the veins, and the adversary you have in front of you doesn’t seem to you an octopus impossible to defeat. This must have been the feeling of the players from Unirea when they started the fight with the monster from Liverpool.
You can see here the result of the match Unirea Urziceni - Liverpool 1-3 (video)
The approach of Levy’s people worked very well in the first half of the match. Frunză (2) gave immediately the signal of a dreamed miracle, and the ball sent from a distance of 25 meters had almost touched the corner iron. Onofraş (18) s-a înşurubat şi el singur în careul britanicilor, a greşit bezmetic o preluare simplă şi a obţinut doar un corner.
And what a corner! Execution made by Pădureţu and recovery with the head in the net made by Bruno Fernandes (19)! The first official goal of Urziceni with Levy as coach opened the gates to a success good to put in a golden frame. It will have been the last moment when Maftei and the company have felt the taste of a result which was close to amaze the continent. The Domino of the players from Unirea Urziceni crashed fast from the ankle. From Galamaz’ ankle that ceded at a tough duel with the muscles of the players from Liverpool.
Only this much they could do
It was the 24th minute when the captain of Unirea, injured, lets his place on the defensive side to Mehmedovici. After this, everything crashed! Two consecutive mistakes on the confused defensive side and Mascherano (30), followed by Babel (40), shots from the edge of the field on desperate rejections, have changed urgently the scoreboard to the natural values order.
Between the successes of the Englishmen, a failed trial of auto goal signed Insua (37) and a tracing point made by Pădureţu (38). Plus a lot of corner kicks, with an incredible 7-0 at a given moment at the corners for Unirea. Even this was a little victory!
But the match inclined for good to Liverpool in the 58th minute: Benayoun made the law in half of the ground of Arlauskis, and Gerrard executed simply the Lithuanian for 3-1! Unirea tried then to recover, but they pressed in vain and they remained in the end only with the memory of a dream blown simple by a team which is too big to be the victim of the Romanians.
"The referee helped Liverpool in the first half, when the English couldn’t come out of their own box! This was the best match we played in Europe"
Mihai Stoica, president at Unirea
"Liverpool is the strongest adversary against whom I have ever played! We felt football players in the locker rooms. It doesn’t exist any sensation nicer than that of having standing ovations"
Sorin Frunză, midfielder at Urziceni
"Unirea has a good team, but I avoid remarking someone. Why? If I boast a player, his rate will rise immediately!"
Rafa Benitez, coach at Liverpool
"Not even at the score of 0-1 I had emotions, because we had enough time to score at least one goal. I congratulate my players because they came through on such a difficult ground"
Rafa Benitez, coach at Liverpool
16 million euro cashed Unirea Urziceni from this European season. They played 6 matches in Champions league and two in Europe League
Everton after Arlauskis
One of the players from Unirea could play at Liverpool from the summer, but for Everton, the rival of FC Liverpool. Giedrius Arlauskis (foto), the goalkeeper of 22 years of from Urziceni, was watched last night by a scouter from the English club, who assisted also at the turn match. The officials from Everton observed "Miko" during the training camp which the players from Unirea Urziceni had made in England, this winter. Arlauskis came at Unirea in 2007, from Sauliai, a club from the championship of Lithuania.
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