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Bogdan Apostol
Spectators: 8007 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Christian Vedillo got the match started through his kick off. Olimpiu Hârlău made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Vedillo in the 5th minute of play. In the 6th minute, Yu Feng Xi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristinel Mihăescu was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alkinoos Karezis got free with Olimpiu Hârlău in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Olimpiu Hârlău made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jose Sidoro in the 20th minute of play. Fabrice Van Steen kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Cristinel Mihăescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timo Thorstein in the 25th minute of the match. Cristinel Mihăescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Timo Thorstein, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Christian Vedillo scored 1-1 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Olimpiu Hârlău, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a little luck, Carpathian Wolves's Olimpiu Hârlău got control of the ball when Christian Vedillo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Carpathian Wolves's Olimpiu Hârlău proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Carpathian Wolves from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Carpathian Wolves's Olimpiu Hârlău got control of the ball when Christian Vedillo tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 41st minute, Yu Feng Xi 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. Timo Thorstein took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cristinel Mihăescu. Cristinel Mihăescu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. After the first half Carpathian Wolves were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Maxim Urderean to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Leszek Pisarczyk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, FC. Stiinta Cluj's Cristinel Mihăescu got control of the ball when Timo Thorstein tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cristinel Mihăescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Timo Thorstein, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jose Sidoro in the 63rd minute of play forced Carpathian Wolves's goalkeeper Olimpiu Hârlău to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Petru Gugea hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Yu Feng Xi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Cristinel Mihăescu made a huge save. 73 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC. Stiinta Cluj's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mugur Timofte was slow to take the kick. During this time Carpathian Wolves's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that David Trăistaru got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Cristinel Mihăescu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 79th minute, Maxim Urderean reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cristinel Mihăescu. The goal made the score 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeo Mutu in the 83rd minute of play forced Carpathian Wolves's goalkeeper Olimpiu Hârlău to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute, Romeo Mutu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Olimpiu Hârlău was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. 86 minutes into the match, Maxim Urderean notched a goal, 2-4, to the right of FC. Stiinta Cluj's Cristinel Mihăescu. Cristinel Mihăescu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. David Trăistaru struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Cristinel Mihăescu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Carpathian Wolves. Olimpiu Hârlău took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alkinoos Karezis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match was over Carpathian Wolves could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FC. Stiinta Cluj throughout the match.