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Halinga
Spectators: 7974 (Terracing: 5982, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ernest Grecescu kicked off to start the match. The FC CETATE DEVA fans' excitement grew in the 2nd match minute when FC CETATE DEVA's Ernest Grecescu looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After a defensive mix-up in Halinga's zone, Ernest Grecescu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zeus Phoenix came out of the goal and Ernest Grecescu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 9th minute, Dragoş Măgură left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC CETATE DEVA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After 13 played minutes FC CETATE DEVA got a freekick which was hit by Cătălin Turcu. In the 15th minute, Halinga's Iurie Bucataru dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. After 20 played minutes Halinga got a freekick which was hit by Dan Burileanu. In the 21stth minute of the game Ernest Grecescu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Halinga's Zeus Phoenix was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 22 minutes, Dragoş Măgură made it 1-3 with a short kick to the right side. Halinga's Zeus Phoenix tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 30 minutes into the game, Dragoş Măgură cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Zeus Phoenix was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Bengt-Arne Ahlroht kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, FC CETATE DEVA's Cătălin Turcu got a free kick in the 34th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Shekwodiza Opeyemi got free with Gigel Șeimeanu in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Dragoş Măgură's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zeus Phoenix was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Dragoş Măgură sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 41st minute Dragoş Măgură shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zeus Phoenix saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 42 minutes had been played when some careless play by Halinga's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kaj Bogren was slow to take the kick. During this time FC CETATE DEVA's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on FC CETATE DEVA's corner Adrian Bociort fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Zeus Phoenix quite easily take care of the ball. FC CETATE DEVA's Gigel Șeimeanu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save FC CETATE DEVA from getting a goal against them. When Iurie Bucataru fell near the penalty area in the 47th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Halinga's protests and gave Iurie Bucataru a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Halinga's Iurie Bucataru got a free kick in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 1-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Iurie Bucataru to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, FC CETATE DEVA's Iosif Abraham got a free kick in the 51st minute. David Dragotescu hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. In the 54th minute, Kaj Bogren 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. The crowd rose to their feet as Ernest Grecescu kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Zeus Phoenix. That made the score 1-5 in the 58 minute of play. Denis Constantiniu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gigel Șeimeanu having to interfere. Gigel Șeimeanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shekwodiza Opeyemi in the 74th minute of play. Olimpiu Cristea's late challenge caught a Halinga's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Olimpiu Cristea helped the player get up and apologised. In the 75th minute, Olimpiu Cristea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. David Dragotescu's late challenge caught a FC CETATE DEVA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. David Dragotescu helped the player get up and apologised. Gigel Șeimeanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denis Constantiniu in the 88th minute of play. A collision led to FC CETATE DEVA getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Ivan Ghionaru hit a great ball. In the 93rd match minute, FC CETATE DEVA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Constantin Cristoloveanu to maneuver through the defense. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched FC CETATE DEVA eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.