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Grajdeni
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dumitru Zburlea got the match started through his kick off. When Eric Ştefănuţ came up free with the goalie in the 2nd minute, the SPARTANII 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 Eric Ştefănuţ couldn't finish the play. In the 6th minute Eric Ştefănuţ shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Horaţiu Mugur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dumitru Zburlea hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. When Ion Iftimescu came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the SPARTANII 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 Ion Iftimescu couldn't finish the play. Ion Iftimescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Horaţiu Mugur tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dumitru Zburlea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Grajdeni FC getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Radu Miron hit a great ball. Grigore Boc hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. SPARTANII's Eric Ştefănuţ got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ion Iftimescu in the 42nd minute of play forced Grajdeni FC's goalkeeper Horaţiu Mugur to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Grajdeni FC's Horaţiu Mugur played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eric Ştefănuţ in the 43rd minute of play. In the 46th minute, Șerban Poalelungi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Eric Ştefănuţ made the kick off in the second half. Eric Ştefănuţ received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Horaţiu Mugur tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. SPARTANII's Eric Ştefănuţ got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Thanks to some nice moves Ion Iftimescu could shoot a difficult shot in the 54th minute, which Horaţiu Mugur however easily saved by the left post. Horaţiu Mugur didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when SPARTANII's Ion Iftimescu shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Eric Ştefănuţ received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Horaţiu Mugur tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. SPARTANII's Eric Ştefănuţ got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ion Iftimescu got free with Horaţiu Mugur in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Grajdeni FC's Horaţiu Mugur played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eric Ştefănuţ in the 86th minute of play. In the 87th minute, Ion Iftimescu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SPARTANII fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. 93 minutes into the game, Dumitru Zburlea was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Grajdeni FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SPARTANII the free kick. In the 93rd minute, Dumitru Zburlea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 94th minute of the match Gheorghe Piț sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Horaţiu Mugur skillfully saved the ball. SPARTANII's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.