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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Aurel Ciocoiu kicked off to start the match. Mircea Alucai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aurel Ciocoiu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Steaua Bucuresti's Iulian Urducea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrian Beniuc in the 5th minute of play. In the 7th minute Adrian Beniuc shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iulian Urducea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Iulian Urducea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolae Ştefănoiu, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Steaua Bucuresti's Iulian Urducea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toar Duve in the 16th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aurel Florei in the 18th minute of play forced Steaua Bucuresti's goalkeeper Iulian Urducea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iulian Urducea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adrian Beniuc in the 19th minute of the match. Toar Duve scored 0-1 in the 20th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Iulian Urducea, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 24 minutes of play, Rimeti's Toar Duve made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Iulian Urducea was left in no man's land by his defense there! Iulian Urducea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toar Duve in the 30th minute of play. Iulian Urducea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolae Ştefănoiu, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Iulian Urducea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aurel Florei in the 33rd minute of the match. 35 minutes into the match, Steaua Bucuresti's goal looked a bit too open when Nicolae Ştefănoiu came free, but Iulian Urducea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Iulian Urducea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toar Duve in the 36th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aurel Florei in the 40th minute of play forced Steaua Bucuresti's goalkeeper Iulian Urducea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 43rd minute, Toar Duve left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rimeti fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. In the 46th minute Iordache Bujor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mircea Alucai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dorel Romoşan hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Toar Duve made the kick off in the second half. Steaua Bucuresti's defense didn't have a chance, in the 53rd minute, when Toar Duve scored to the left of an out of position Iulian Urducea, making the score, 0-4. Aurel Florei sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Steaua Bucuresti defense, Adrian Beniuc kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Iulian Urducea. The Steaua Bucuresti fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Iulian Urducea should have stopped the shot. Adrian Beniuc could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Iulian Urducea made a huge save. Steaua Bucuresti's Iulian Urducea proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save Steaua Bucuresti from getting a goal against them. Iulian Urducea made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adrian Beniuc in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolae Ştefănoiu in the 78th minute of play forced Steaua Bucuresti's goalkeeper Iulian Urducea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iulian Urducea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toar Duve in the 80th minute of play. Nae Popeangă kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Nicolae Ştefănoiu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rimeti's supporters rose to their feet, but Nicolae Ştefănoiu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Iulian Urducea breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 87 played minutes, Rimeti's Nicolae Ştefănoiu shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Iulian Urducea came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Rimeti reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toar Duve in the 88th minute of play forced Steaua Bucuresti's goalkeeper Iulian Urducea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iulian Urducea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toar Duve, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adrian Beniuc got free with Iulian Urducea in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 94th minute Aurel Ciocoiu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mircea Alucai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Aurel Ciocoiu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rimeti's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.