League Play-Off

Cucueti
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Robert Horia made the kick off and thus started the match. Costică Diaconescu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Iustinian Isaia's shot from short distance in the 4th minute. With a little luck, Fotinu AFC's Iustinian Mureșan got control of the ball when Mircea Bărbătescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mircea Bărbătescu got free with Iustinian Mureșan in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Mircea Bărbătescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Steaua FCSB's supporters rose to their feet, but Mircea Bărbătescu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Iustinian Mureșan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Robert Horia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Mircea Bărbătescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Steaua FCSB's Felix Spiridon got a free kick in the 35th minute. Sebastian Ghițescu charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sebastian Ghițescu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 36 minutes into the game, one of Steaua FCSB:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 37th minute there was a penalty for Fotinu AFC. Gelu Dragota stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Costică Diaconescu. 1-1. After 48 minutes, Dinu Tecău mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Steaua FCSB and the Fotinu AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Dinu Tecău kicked well hit freekick during the 49th minute of the match. 49 minutes into the match, Fotinu AFC's Gelu Dragota broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

55 minutes into the match, Sergiu Pelin notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Fotinu AFC's Iustinian Mureșan. Iustinian Mureșan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 60th minute Robert Horia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Costică Diaconescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Octavian Blăjan hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Valentin Mangra took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 62nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Iustinian Mureșan. Fotinu AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Costică Diaconescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Horia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Iustinian Mureșan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergiu Pelin in the 66th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Horia in the 68th minute of play forced Steaua FCSB's goalkeeper Costică Diaconescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Robert Horia's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Costică Diaconescu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. Iustinian Isaia blasted a shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Costică Diaconescu having to make a save. Mircea Bărbătescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Fotinu AFC defense, Mircea Bărbătescu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Iustinian Mureșan. The Fotinu AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Iustinian Mureșan should have stopped the shot. Sergiu Pelin succeeded in the game's 92nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-1. Iustinian Mureșan didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Steaua FCSB's Mircea Bărbătescu shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 5-1 in the ordered_time% minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Steaua FCSB fully deserved thier win.