League

Penes
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Augustin Săndoi kicked off to start the match. After 4 minutes, Panait Ghițescu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Penes and the FC POLITEHNICA TIMISOARA players grew even worse after the yellow card. Viorel Chitimia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Augustin Săndoi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ernest Mihăilă having to interfere. If Denis Măguran had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 22 minutes of play, FC POLITEHNICA TIMISOARA's Eusebiu Muraru made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ernest Mihăilă was left in no man's land by his defense there! 25 minutes into the game, Paul Apostolescu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Tudor Petcu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ernest Mihăilă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Augustin Săndoi, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Viorel Chitimia in the 35th minute of play forced Penes's goalkeeper Ernest Mihăilă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Augustin Săndoi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ernest Mihăilă was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Denis Măguran to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Augustin Săndoi in the 56th minute of play forced Penes's goalkeeper Ernest Mihăilă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Penes's goalkeeper Ernest Mihăilă had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Viorel Chitimia. Through an outstanding action, after 64 minutes, Ernest Mihăilă successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The audience was convinced that Augustin Săndoi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ernest Mihăilă was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind Penes's goalkeeper Ernest Mihăilă, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 82 minutes into the match, FC POLITEHNICA TIMISOARA's goal looked a bit too open when Denis Măguran came free, but Tudor Petcu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Viorel Chitimia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Ernest Mihăilă made a huge save. Penes's Ernest Mihăilă played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Augustin Săndoi in the 85th minute of play. Tudor Petcu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Denis Măguran, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Viorel Chitimia might have been able to make a better finish in the 92nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ernest Mihăilă. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Viorel Chitimia ran back to his position shaking his head. After a rather tough play, Penes's Iosif Dănănae got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Viorel Chitimia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 98th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ernest Mihăilă having to interfere. FC POLITEHNICA TIMISOARA played a much better game than Penes and deserved their victory. The Penes players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.