League Play-Off

Bancesti
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Daniel Glăvan started the match with the kick off. Gigi Miheș showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Glăvan in the 4th minute of the match. In the 7th minute, one of Bancesti CSM:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Bancesti CSM. The referee gave Fc Leii Albi a penalty, 8 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ennio Tarulli, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Bancesti CSM's Dumitru Şerbănescu. 0-1. Gigi Miheș showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Glăvan in the 12th minute of the match. 13 minutes into the game, Lucian Bivol cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Dumitru Şerbănescu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 16 minutes into the match, Fc Leii Albi's Ennio Tarulli sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dumitru Şerbănescu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 17 minutes into the match, Fc Leii Albi's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Glăvan came free, but Gigi Miheș reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ennio Tarulli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dumitru Şerbănescu having to interfere. When Fc Leii Albi's Ennio Tarulli in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Bancesti CSM's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to Bancesti CSM getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Alexandru Penescu hit a great ball. When Daniel Glăvan came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Bancesti CSM 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 Daniel Glăvan couldn't finish the play. Fc Leii Albi's Gigi Miheș played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Glăvan in the 32nd minute of play. Gigi Miheș showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Glăvan, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Gigi Miheș made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Glăvan in the 38th minute of play. In the 39th minute Daniel Glăvan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gigi Miheș saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Bancesti CSM's zone, Ennio Tarulli stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dumitru Şerbănescu came out of the goal and Ennio Tarulli tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ionică Turbatu during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ennio Tarulli stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gigi Miheș didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emanuel Nediu went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Ennio Tarulli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ştefan Enciu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 66th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A hard shot 67 in the game by Ennio Tarulli from a close distance when the talented Dumitru Şerbănescu managed to make a qualified save. Bancesti CSM's players were relieved. 72 minutes into the match, Fc Leii Albi's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel Nediu came free, but Gigi Miheș reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Glăvan in the 74th minute of play forced Fc Leii Albi's goalkeeper Gigi Miheș to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 75 played minutes Fc Leii Albi got a freekick which was hit by Ştefan Enciu. When Ennio Tarulli fell near the penalty area in the 79th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Fc Leii Albi's protests and gave Ennio Tarulli a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Bancesti CSM booed when Fc Leii Albi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ennio Tarulli didn't get a good kick on the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Emanuel Nediu notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Fc Leii Albi's Gigi Miheș. Gigi Miheș was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bancesti CSM's Dumitru Şerbănescu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Bancesti CSM from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ennio Tarulli in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dumitru Şerbănescu saved Bancesti CSM from getting behind. 88 minutes into the match, Lucian Bivol had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dumitru Şerbănescu. Bancesti CSM's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lucian Bivol was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. If Lucian Bivol had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fc Leii Albi's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.