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Patricheni
Spectators: 7419 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 150) Damian Dejeu's late challenge caught a FC Xander's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Damian Dejeu helped the player get up and apologised. In the 2nd match minute, Patricheni was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damian Dejeu to maneuver through the defense. Albert Oanță made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vasile Dascălu in the 7th minute of play. Damian Dejeu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Horaţiu Gherdan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 9th minute of play. Basarab Odobescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Albert Oanță showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filip Grama in the 13th minute of the match. After 16 minutes of play, FC Xander's Vasile Dascălu made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Albert Oanță was left in no man's land by his defense there! Basarab Odobescu took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Albert Oanță. Albert Oanță dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. 21 minutes into the game, Filip Grama was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Xander's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Patricheni the free kick. After a rather tough play, FC Xander's Filip Grama got a free kick in the 21st minute. After having played for 22 minutes, Costin Braru managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Patricheni's supporters crossed their fingers, but Costin Braru was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 24 minutes into the match, FC Xander's goalkeeper Horaţiu Gherdan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lucrețiu Piersic. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filip Grama in the 26th minute of play forced Patricheni's goalkeeper Albert Oanță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes into the match, Vasile Dascălu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Albert Oanță. Patricheni's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vasile Dascălu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. After 33 minutes of play, FC Xander's Vasile Dascălu made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Albert Oanță was left in no man's land by his defense there! Patricheni's Albert Oanță played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Virgil Mineață in the 37th minute of play. Virgil Mineață scored 0-6 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Albert Oanță, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 42 minutes into the match, Patricheni's goal looked a bit too open when Filip Grama came free, but Albert Oanță reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 43rd minute Filip Grama shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Albert Oanță saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Basarab Odobescu during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Patricheni booed when FC Xander was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Basarab Odobescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-6 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Basarab Odobescu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, Vasile Dascălu notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of Patricheni's Albert Oanță. Albert Oanță was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 59 minutes into the match, Patricheni's goal looked a bit too open when Virgil Mineață came free, but Albert Oanță reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 61st minute, Filip Grama ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Albert Oanță was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-9. Basarab Odobescu received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Albert Oanță came out and tried to block the shot, but Basarab Odobescu slotted it home off the left post making it 0-10 in the 64th minute. Basarab Odobescu was shown his second yellow card after 67 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Basarab Odobescu kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Lucrețiu Piersic received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Horaţiu Gherdan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Albert Oanță didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when FC Xander's Filip Grama shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-11 in the ordered_time% minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costin Braru in the 74th minute of play forced FC Xander's goalkeeper Horaţiu Gherdan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Patricheni's Lucrețiu Piersic in the 75th minute got a chance for a shot 75th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Xander's goalie prevented a goal. Virgil Mineață charged in rather forcefully in the 76th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Virgil Mineață the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Patricheni booed when FC Xander was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Virgil Mineață didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 78th minute, Filip Grama ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Albert Oanță was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-12. In the 82nd minute, Dorin Roşculeţ hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vasile Dascălu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Patricheni's Albert Oanță played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Virgil Mineață in the 89th minute of play. In the 90th match minute, FC Xander was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filip Grama to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lucrețiu Piersic in the 91st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Horaţiu Gherdan saved FC Xander from getting behind. With a little luck, Patricheni's Albert Oanță got control of the ball when Vasile Dascălu tried to sneak it across the goal line. 96 minutes into the match, Filip Grama dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Albert Oanță, 0-13. FC Xander's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.