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Spectators: 6846 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1699, VIP seats: 147) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Pavel Bobe made the kick off which started today's match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Marius Apostol during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In a very dangerous position, a player in CSS 6 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 2nd minute. Penalty! In the 4th minute there was a penalty for Arcio FC. Sabin Hălmăgeanu stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Cristian Lixandru. 0-1. Olimpiu Pădure took the ball and in the 10 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cristian Lixandru. Cristian Lixandru dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Pavel Bobe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pavel Bobe's late challenge caught a Arcio FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pavel Bobe helped the player get up and apologised. Vintilă Nicoliță took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pavel Bobe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristian Lixandru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olimpiu Pădure in the 22nd minute of the match. Vintilă Nicoliță showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Bobe in the 24th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Olimpiu Pădure in the 25th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cristian Lixandru saved CSS 6 from getting behind. 28 minutes into the match, Arcio FC's goalkeeper Vintilă Nicoliță had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ionut Andone. Cristian Lixandru took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olimpiu Pădure, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 31stth minute of the game Olimpiu Pădure who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but CSS 6's Cristian Lixandru was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cristian Lixandru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Octav Ibrișin in the 33rd minute of the match. Cristian Lixandru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olimpiu Pădure in the 35th minute of the match. Liviu Măliță sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ionut Andone in the 40th minute of play forced Arcio FC's goalkeeper Vintilă Nicoliță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 48 minutes into the match, CSS 6's goal looked a bit too open when Olimpiu Pădure came free, but Cristian Lixandru reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Olimpiu Pădure stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ionut Andone sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Thanks to some nice moves Octav Ibrișin could shoot a difficult shot in the 56th minute, which Cristian Lixandru however easily saved by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Octav Ibrișin got free with Cristian Lixandru in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 59 minutes into the game, one of CSS 6:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 62nd minute of the match Arcio FC got a corner. CSS 6's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sabin Hălmăgeanu ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a rather tough play, Arcio FC's Ernest Ghionea got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Octav Ibrișin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Cristian Lixandru tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Arcio FC's Olimpiu Pădure slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Cristian Lixandru. That made the score 0-5 after 69 minutes of play. In the 73rd minute, Ionut Andone ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vintilă Nicoliță was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. CSS 6's Cristian Lixandru proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save CSS 6 from getting a goal against them. Cristian Lixandru was out of position in the 79 minute of play, and Olimpiu Pădure capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Olimpiu Pădure really showed his touch with that goal: 1-6. Vintilă Nicoliță took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pavel Bobe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the CSS 6 defense, Octav Ibrișin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cristian Lixandru. The CSS 6 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cristian Lixandru should have stopped the shot. Vintilă Nicoliță made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrei Mihai in the 88th minute of play. Octav Ibrișin scored 1-8 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cristian Lixandru, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 1-9 became the score in the 93rd minute when Olimpiu Pădure elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 97th minute Andrei Mihai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vintilă Nicoliță saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vintilă Nicoliță took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ionut Andone, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Arcio FC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.