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Spectators: 7788 (Terracing: 5842, Seating: 1791, VIP seats: 155) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cătălin Blidaru made the kick off which started today's match. Red Blue Lions-returns were awarded a corner in the 4th minute after Fc Braila's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cătălin Blidaru took the corner. After some careless play in the Red Blue Lions-returns defense, Lucian Logofătu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rareș Mascovescu. The Red Blue Lions-returns fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rareș Mascovescu should have stopped the shot. Eliodor Lăceanu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Fc Braila's Laurențiu Nițu got control of the ball when Costică Iacobeanu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Laurențiu Nițu was out of position in the 20 minute of play, and Stelian Radovan capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Stelian Radovan really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Fc Braila's Laurențiu Nițu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Qu Yan Nan in the 23rd minute of play. Laurențiu Nițu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cătălin Blidaru went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Cătălin Blidaru scored 3-1 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Laurențiu Nițu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the Fc Braila defense, Cătălin Blidaru kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Laurențiu Nițu. The Fc Braila fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Laurențiu Nițu should have stopped the shot. Laurențiu Nițu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qu Yan Nan in the 36th minute of play. In the 37th minute, Gigel Bidulescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 46 minutes into the match, Fc Braila's goalkeeper Laurențiu Nițu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Stelian Radovan. When Eliodor Lăceanu came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the Fc Braila fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Eliodor Lăceanu couldn't finish the play. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Lucian Logofătu made the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the game, Stelian Radovan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Laurențiu Nițu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 58th minute Qu Yan Nan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laurențiu Nițu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Augustin Pascu kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. In the 62nd minute, Răzvan Cordescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Qu Yan Nan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Rareș Mascovescu came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by Fc Braila's Lucian Logofătu. But to his dismay, Lucian Logofătu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-2. In the 77th minute, Qu Yan Nan made a precise shot to the right of Laurențiu Nițu. Fc Braila's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 9-2. Laurențiu Nițu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qu Yan Nan in the 81st minute of play. Laurențiu Nițu came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by Red Blue Lions-returns's Qu Yan Nan. But to his dismay, Qu Yan Nan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 11-2. Red Blue Lions-returns's Cătălin Blidaru got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Red Blue Lions-returns booed when Fc Braila was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Remus Goma didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cătălin Blidaru in the 93rd minute of play forced Fc Braila's goalkeeper Laurențiu Nițu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rareș Mascovescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eliodor Lăceanu in the 96th minute of play. When the referee ended the match the Red Blue Lions-returns players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.