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Bogdan Apostol
Spectators: 7950 (Terracing: 5964, Seating: 1828, VIP seats: 158) Virgil Barbălată made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christian Vedillo in the 4th minute. Unirea Podu Iloaiei's Virgil Barbălată played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Petru Gugea in the 5th minute of play. After 7 minutes of play, FC. Stiinta Cluj's Romeo Mutu made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Virgil Barbălată was left in no man's land by his defense there! Unirea Podu Iloaiei's Virgil Barbălată played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romeo Mutu in the 10th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 11 minutes, Virgil Barbălată successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Romeo Mutu was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 14th minute. FC. Stiinta Cluj's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Virgil Barbălată showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabrice Van Steen, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. 23 minutes into the match, Unirea Podu Iloaiei's goal looked a bit too open when Petru Gugea came free, but Virgil Barbălată reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Romeo Mutu scored 3-0 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Virgil Barbălată, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Virgil Barbălată showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Vedillo, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 37th minute, Petru Gugea ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Virgil Barbălată was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. Virgil Barbălată was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Romeo Mutu showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 6-0 in the 40 minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Jose Sidoro reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Virgil Barbălată. The goal made the score 7-0. In the 46th minute, Romeo Mutu made a precise shot to the right of Virgil Barbălată. Unirea Podu Iloaiei's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 8-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dan Bosioc was the one to do the kick off. Fabrice Van Steen hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Virgil Barbălată came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by FC. Stiinta Cluj's Christian Vedillo. But to his dismay, Christian Vedillo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. After 57 minutes of play, FC. Stiinta Cluj's Christian Vedillo made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Virgil Barbălată was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 63rd minute, Christian Vedillo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Virgil Barbălată was frozen by the shot and now it was 11-0. 65 minutes into the match, Unirea Podu Iloaiei's goal looked a bit too open when Jose Sidoro came free, but Virgil Barbălată reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 66 minutes into the match, Romeo Mutu notched a goal, 12-0, to the right of Unirea Podu Iloaiei's Virgil Barbălată. Virgil Barbălată was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cristinel Mihăescu made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Cezar Calomfir sent off a good shot on target. Unirea Podu Iloaiei's Virgil Barbălată played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romeo Mutu in the 71st minute of play. Virgil Barbălată didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Petru Gugea went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 13-0 was the resulting score. Virgil Barbălată showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Petru Gugea in the 77th minute of the match. 79 minutes into the match, Jose Sidoro notched a goal, 14-0, to the right of Unirea Podu Iloaiei's Virgil Barbălată. Virgil Barbălată was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeo Mutu in the 82nd minute of play forced Unirea Podu Iloaiei's goalkeeper Virgil Barbălată to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Virgil Barbălată showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Petru Gugea, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Virgil Barbălată didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Petru Gugea went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 15-0 was the resulting score. Virgil Barbălată showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romeo Mutu in the 91st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petru Gugea in the 92nd minute of play forced Unirea Podu Iloaiei's goalkeeper Virgil Barbălată to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Virgil Barbălată made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petru Gugea in the 94th minute of play. FC. Stiinta Cluj's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.