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Zeicoiul
Spectators: 7678 (Terracing: 5759, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Costin Petrescu got the match started through his kick off. Sever Târban showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romeo Lucian, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Emanuel Tatomir received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Sever Târban tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Romeo Lucian had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 12 minutes into the match, CSA Steaua Bucuresti's goal looked a bit too open when Costin Petrescu came free, but Manuel Spirache reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dorin Bistreanu's late challenge caught a CSA Steaua Bucuresti's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dorin Bistreanu helped the player get up and apologised. In the 24th match minute, CSA Steaua Bucuresti was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dorin Bistreanu to maneuver through the defense. 26 minutes into the match, CSA Steaua Bucuresti's goal looked a bit too open when Romeo Lucian came free, but Sever Târban reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Filip Ignătescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. CSA Steaua Bucuresti's supporters rose to their feet, but Filip Ignătescu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Manuel Spirache breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Emanuel Tatomir struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Sever Târban didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for CSA Steaua Bucuresti. Manuel Spirache showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Costin Petrescu in the 39th minute of the match. 44 minutes into the game, Romeo Lucian cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Sever Târban was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Romeo Lucian to strike the kick off in the second half. Emanuel Tatomir sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Romeo Lucian fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sever Târban having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as CSA Steaua Bucuresti's Romeo Lucian slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Sever Târban. That made the score 0-3 after 70 minutes of play. After a defensive mix-up in CSA Steaua Bucuresti's zone, Emanuel Tatomir stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sever Târban came out of the goal and Emanuel Tatomir tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, CSA Steaua Bucuresti's Sever Târban got control of the ball when Emanuel Tatomir tried to sneak it across the goal line. Luca Brădea's late challenge caught a CSA Steaua Bucuresti's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luca Brădea helped the player get up and apologised. When the match had been going on for 85 minutes, CSA Steaua Bucuresti's Nechifor Cazan got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Sever Târban. Emanuel Tatomir sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 95 minutes, Romeo Lucian took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for Sever Târban to make any attempt to save it. When the match was over CSA Steaua Bucuresti could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than CSA Steaua Bucuresti throughout the match.