League Play-Off

Nistrea
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Răzvan Vintilă kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute Grigore Ciulei shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabian Loga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Nistrea getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Doru Tunaru hit a great ball. Fabian Loga didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nichifor Ciolac went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Nichifor Ciolac sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Matei Crainic kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Horea Ivan in the 17th minute of play forced Nistrea's goalkeeper Fabian Loga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Horea Carp recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With an all-out effort, Nistrea's Aurel Sbârcea threw himself towards the right post 23 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Răzvan Vintilă, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Răzvan Vintilă fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aurel Sbârcea having to interfere. In the 30th minute Răzvan Vintilă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aurel Sbârcea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Grigore Ciulei kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. 40 minutes into the match, Nichifor Ciolac had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fabian Loga. Nistrea's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nichifor Ciolac was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Răzvan Vintilă fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aurel Sbârcea having to interfere. Răzvan Vintilă was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 47th minute. Nistrea's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nichifor Ciolac made a kick off. When Răzvan Vintilă came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Nistrea fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Răzvan Vintilă couldn't finish the play. In the 65th minute, Emanuel Iurea 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. Răzvan Vintilă received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Aurel Sbârcea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Mihail Romaşcanu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 78th minute, Cătălin Timaru reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Fabian Loga. The goal made the score 1-3. Răzvan Vintilă scored 2-3 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aurel Sbârcea, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Berca's zone, Mihail Romaşcanu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aurel Sbârcea came out of the goal and Mihail Romaşcanu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, Nistrea's Fabian Loga got control of the ball when Horea Ivan tried to sneak it across the goal line. The Nistrea manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Berca to win.