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UNITED STADIUM
Spectators: 8047 (Terracing: 6036, Seating: 1851, VIP seats: 160) Flori Miner hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuel Maghiar in the 7th minute of play forced UNIREA FOCSANI's goalkeeper Ionel Gâlcă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gigi Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valer Opaina in the 8th minute of play. UNIREA FOCSANI's Ionel Gâlcă played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emanuel Maghiar in the 10th minute of play. Ionel Gâlcă showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paolo Rumaldo in the 16th minute of the match. AS Florilor - BV's Gigi Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alan Eenmaa in the 17th minute of play. Gigi Buffon made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alan Eenmaa in the 23rd minute. Manuel Trifănucă could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Gigi Buffon made a huge save. Gigi Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viorel Brănet, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. With a little luck, AS Florilor - BV's Gigi Buffon got control of the ball when Manuel Trifănucă tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 35 minutes, Emanuel Maghiar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AS Florilor - BV and the UNIREA FOCSANI players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 36th match minute, AS Florilor - BV was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emanuel Maghiar to maneuver through the defense. 37 minutes into the match, AS Florilor - BV's goalkeeper Gigi Buffon had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alan Eenmaa. Gigi Buffon made an important save on a dangerous shot by Valer Opaina in the 39th minute. In the 41st minute, Iustin Ivănescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in UNIREA FOCSANI's zone, Paolo Rumaldo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ionel Gâlcă came out of the goal and Paolo Rumaldo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alan Eenmaa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Paolo Rumaldo did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Ionel Gâlcă 57 minutes into the match. In the 62nd minute Paolo Rumaldo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ionel Gâlcă saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 69th minute Viorel Brănet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gigi Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nicodim Donose's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ionel Gâlcă firmly grabbed it by the left post. 83 minutes into the match, Emanuel Maghiar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ionel Gâlcă. UNIREA FOCSANI's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Emanuel Maghiar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Gigi Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferdinand Medrea, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. The supporters of UNIREA FOCSANI booed when AS Florilor - BV was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Radu Aliuta didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Marcu Moiș took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Ionel Gâlcă to make any attempt to save it. Gigi Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alan Eenmaa, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. AS Florilor - BV walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.