League Play-Off

Dan Paltinisan
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. Gabriel Orășan started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes, Rareș Mandoiu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Flalex and the Pristolu players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to FC Flalex getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Rareș Mandoiu hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, FC Flalex's Remus Badea got a free kick in the 5th minute. In the 6th minute Gabriel Orășan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Petrică Zbârlea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In a very dangerous position, a player in FC Flalex fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 11th minute. Penalty! Remus Badea might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gabriel Săvoiu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Remus Badea ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 27thth minute of the game Mădălin Cozac who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Flalex's Petrică Zbârlea was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to FC Flalex getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Claudiu Dulgherescu hit a great ball. In the 30th minute, Emanuel Macaneață hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 34 minutes into the game, Pristolu's Mădălin Cozac nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Petrică Zbârlea made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Petrică Zbârlea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Orășan in the 38th minute of play. Gabriel Orășan scored 1-3 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Petrică Zbârlea, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Pristolu getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Cezar Vâtcă hit a great ball. A collision led to Pristolu getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Victor Arbore hit a great ball. The FC Flalex players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Pristolu were winning 1-3.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Mădălin Cozac in the 56th minute of play forced FC Flalex's goalkeeper Petrică Zbârlea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, FC Flalex's Petrică Zbârlea got control of the ball when Mădălin Cozac tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mădălin Cozac sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 68th minute Gabriel Orășan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Petrică Zbârlea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Damian Breazu scored 2-3 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gabriel Săvoiu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Remus Badea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Gabriel Săvoiu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 87 played minutes Pristolu got a freekick which was hit by George Ciuvică. FC Flalex's Răzvan Petrescu couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 88th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Pristolu. In the 90th minute Damian Breazu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Săvoiu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Damian Breazu might have been able to make a better finish in the 94th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gabriel Săvoiu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Damian Breazu ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Orășan in the 96th minute of play forced FC Flalex's goalkeeper Petrică Zbârlea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 98th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Flalex's goalkeeper Petrică Zbârlea, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Petrică Zbârlea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel Orășan in the 100th minute of the match. The FC Flalex supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Pristolu's performance. The match ended with a win for Pristolu.