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Draghia
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mugurel Hobjilă got the match started through his kick off. In the 10th match minute, Ghighiu AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicu Roşca to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentin Stroia in the 11th minute of play forced Ghighiu AFC's goalkeeper Octavian Ispir to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Costel Petriceanu struck a weak shot in the 13th minute. Octavian Ispir didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Draghia. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nistor Andrițoiu in the 14th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Octavian Ispir prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After having played for 15 minutes, Costel Petriceanu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Draghia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Costel Petriceanu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Nistor Andrițoiu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Octavian Ispir was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Draghia's Valer Mereacre got a free kick in the 19th minute. If Stelian Stancu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Valer Mereacre recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Costel Petriceanu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Octavian Ispir made a huge save. 30 minutes into the game, Nistor Andrițoiu recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Octavian Ispir. Nistor Andrițoiu showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Octavian Ispir didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Draghia's Nistor Andrițoiu shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Valentin Stroia kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. After having played for 41 minutes, Nistor Andrițoiu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Draghia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nistor Andrițoiu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 42nd minute, Călin Lamru got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 48th minute Mugurel Hobjilă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Francisc Bântu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nistor Andrițoiu was the one to do the kick off. After 52 minutes, Nistor Andrițoiu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Draghia and the Ghighiu AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 52nd match minute, Draghia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nistor Andrițoiu to maneuver through the defense. If Marin Cristian had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Draghia's Francisc Bântu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Draghia from getting a goal against them. In the 57th minute, Draghia's Nistor Mocanu seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Nistor Mocanu the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Draghia protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Nistor Mocanu had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 56th minute of the game. One of Draghia:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Ghighiu AFC:s goal. In the 59th minute there was a penalty for Ghighiu AFC. Doru Gârneață stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Francisc Bântu. 2-1. When Costel Petriceanu came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Draghia 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 Costel Petriceanu couldn't finish the play. 65 minutes into the match, Costel Petriceanu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Octavian Ispir. Ghighiu AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Costel Petriceanu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Costel Petriceanu took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Octavian Ispir. Octavian Ispir dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Costel Petriceanu might have been able to make a better finish in the 74th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Octavian Ispir. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Costel Petriceanu ran back to his position shaking his head. Octavian Ispir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nistor Andrițoiu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Costel Petriceanu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Octavian Ispir tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Costel Petriceanu in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Octavian Ispir saved Ghighiu AFC from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costel Petriceanu in the 84th minute of play forced Ghighiu AFC's goalkeeper Octavian Ispir to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 85 minutes of play, Draghia's Costel Petriceanu made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Octavian Ispir was left in no man's land by his defense there! Costel Petriceanu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Costel Petriceanu struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Octavian Ispir didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Draghia. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Costel Petriceanu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Draghia's supporters rose to their feet, but Costel Petriceanu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Octavian Ispir breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Costel Petriceanu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Draghia's supporters rose to their feet, but Costel Petriceanu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Octavian Ispir breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Draghia's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.