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Zvoranesti
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Craiova's Romeo Diaconu started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Horea Boacă hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Mihail Aluculesei kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. After 8 played minutes CFR Cluj got a freekick which was hit by Leonard Dabija. In the 12th minute Romeo Diaconu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mihăiţă Brumă saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mihăiţă Brumă showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romeo Diaconu in the 13th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Ştefan Oargă hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Horea Boacă could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Mihăiţă Brumă made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as Horea Boacă kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mihăiţă Brumă. That made the score 1-0 in the 18 minute of play. In the 22nd minute, Craiova's Romeo Diaconu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. CFR Cluj's Mihăiţă Brumă played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romeo Diaconu in the 25th minute of play. Craiova's Aristide Cioroianu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Moise Ştiubei in the 28th minute of play. Mihăiţă Brumă took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Moise Chificeac, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeo Diaconu in the 32nd minute of play forced CFR Cluj's goalkeeper Mihăiţă Brumă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mihăiţă Brumă made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romeo Diaconu in the 34th minute of play. After having played for 35 minutes, Felix Arsene managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Craiova's supporters crossed their fingers, but Felix Arsene was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Craiova's Moise Chificeac slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mihăiţă Brumă. That made the score 3-0 after 40 minutes of play. Nechifor Zbârciog received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Aristide Cioroianu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Moise Ştiubei to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute Romeo Diaconu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mihăiţă Brumă saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aristide Cioroianu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leonard Dabija in the 54th minute. In the 56th minute, Craiova's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Nechifor Zbârciog fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Mihăiţă Brumă showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Horea Boacă in the 60th minute of the match. Mihăiţă Brumă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Moise Chificeac, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Moise Chificeac sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 64 played minutes CFR Cluj got a freekick which was hit by Ionel Scorţea. After 68 minutes of play, Craiova's Romeo Diaconu made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mihăiţă Brumă was left in no man's land by his defense there! Through an outstanding action, after 72 minutes, Aristide Cioroianu successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The supporters of CFR Cluj booed when Craiova was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mihail Aluculesei didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dorel Barboni might have been able to make a better finish in the 74th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aristide Cioroianu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dorel Barboni ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeo Diaconu in the 76th minute of play forced CFR Cluj's goalkeeper Mihăiţă Brumă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 77th minute Nechifor Zbârciog shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aristide Cioroianu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aristide Cioroianu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Moise Ştiubei, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Aristide Cioroianu made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Dorel Barboni sent off a good shot on target. CFR Cluj's Moise Ştiubei got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Arsene in the 83rd minute of play forced CFR Cluj's goalkeeper Mihăiţă Brumă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 85 minutes in the game, Nechifor Zbârciog fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Aristide Cioroianu having to interfere. Horea Boacă hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Horea Boacă came free in the 89th minute and tried to tip the ball over Mihăiţă Brumă, but to the joy of CFR Cluj's supporters the ball hit the crossbar and out. Mihail Aluculesei took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 91st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Mihăiţă Brumă. CFR Cluj's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. CFR Cluj's Mihăiţă Brumă played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romeo Diaconu in the 94th minute of play. CFR Cluj's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.