League Play-Off

ACL Inter Arena
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dragoş Miclescu started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Gabriel Apăvăloaie took the ball and in the 6 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Grigore Macarie. Grigore Macarie dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Grigore Macarie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Irinel Bot in the 16th minute of the match. Mugur Povară hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Grigore Macarie took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dragoş Miclescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Grigore Macarie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Apăvăloaie, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in International ACL's zone, Gabriel Apăvăloaie stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Grigore Macarie came out of the goal and Gabriel Apăvăloaie tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. During the 26th minute of the match Eliodor Micu completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Eliodor Micu a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 26 played minutes International ACL got a freekick which was hit by Eliodor Micu. Dragoş Miclescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Grigore Macarie having to interfere. If Gabriel Apăvăloaie had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Luptatorii's Dragoş Miclescu in the 31st minute got a chance for a shot 31st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye International ACL's goalie prevented a goal. Irinel Bot hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. In the 39th minute Gabriel Apăvăloaie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grigore Macarie saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dragoş Miclescu in the 40th minute of play forced International ACL's goalkeeper Grigore Macarie to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Șerban Panțuru made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Gabriel Apăvăloaie made a precise shot to the right of Grigore Macarie. International ACL's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. With a little luck, International ACL's Grigore Macarie got control of the ball when Gabriel Apăvăloaie tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gabriel Apăvăloaie could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Grigore Macarie made a huge save. After 58 played minutes Luptatorii got a freekick which was hit by Irinel Bot. Luptatorii's Luca Codrea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Șerban Panțuru in the 60th minute of play. 71 minutes into the game, Dragoş Miclescu lined in a short shot 0-4 behind a frustrated Grigore Macarie. If Dragoş Miclescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gabriel Apăvăloaie had several of the International ACL's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 82 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-5 score and a disappointed Grigore Macarie as he didn't even see the shot coming. Gabriel Apăvăloaie fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Grigore Macarie having to interfere. The supporters of Luptatorii booed when International ACL was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ionel Cârju didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luptatorii's Gabriel Apăvăloaie got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dragoş Miclescu received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Grigore Macarie came out and tried to block the shot, but Dragoş Miclescu slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 90th minute. Grigore Macarie made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dragoş Miclescu in the 94th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Luptatorii left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than International ACL.