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Gheoca
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The crowd rose to their feet as Romeo Gherasim kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Eric Petculescu. That made the score 1-0 in the 3 minute of play. 5 minutes into the match, Gheoca's Nae Vişoianu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eric Petculescu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Gheoca getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Mircea Zgârcu hit a great ball. Nae Vişoianu charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nae Vişoianu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 11th match minute, Gheoca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nae Vişoianu to maneuver through the defense. Eric Petculescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romeo Gherasim in the 15th minute of play. The supporters of Gheoca booed when Tintirim CSM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Octav Zberea didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 24 played minutes Tintirim CSM got a freekick which was hit by Narcis Barna. After a defensive mix-up in Tintirim CSM's zone, Cristi Botea stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eric Petculescu came out of the goal and Cristi Botea tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 26th match minute, Tintirim CSM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Octav Zberea to maneuver through the defense. A well-hit corner resulted in Daniel Gorunescu heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. 33 minutes into the game, Ferdinand Boacă was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gheoca's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tintirim CSM the free kick. The crowd rose to their feet as Gheoca's Romeo Gherasim slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Eric Petculescu. That made the score 3-0 after 35 minutes of play. Octav Zberea's late challenge caught a Gheoca's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Octav Zberea helped the player get up and apologised. In the 43rd minute, Octav Zberea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Nae Vişoianu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Romeo Gherasim to make the kick off. If Romeo Gherasim had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eric Petculescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nae Vişoianu went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. When Romeo Gherasim came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Gheoca 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 Romeo Gherasim couldn't finish the play. If Romeo Gherasim had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 68th match minute, Tintirim CSM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Octav Zberea to maneuver through the defense. 69 minutes into the game, Gheoca's Romeo Gherasim nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eric Petculescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. Cristi Botea placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! Eric Petculescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nae Vişoianu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 80th minute, Romeo Gherasim ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eric Petculescu was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Eric Petculescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mircea Zgârcu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 96th minute the ball was on its way in behind Tintirim CSM's goalkeeper Eric Petculescu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Tintirim CSM's Eric Petculescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ferdinand Boacă in the 97th minute of play.