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All Blacks Stadium
Spectators: 7513 (Terracing: 5635, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eric Cosor got the match started through his kick off. Cezar Goicea struck a weak shot in the 5th minute. Lu Tian didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for UFC Vulpeni. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arnaldo Lira in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cristi Guriță saved UFC Vulpeni from getting behind. A collision led to UFC Vulpeni getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Octavian Joanță hit a great ball. Cristi Guriță came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by All Blacks's Porter Armstrong. But to his dismay, Porter Armstrong quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Lu Tian showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cezar Goicea, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. 18 minutes into the match, UFC Vulpeni's goal looked a bit too open when Porter Armstrong came free, but Cristi Guriță reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Porter Armstrong in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cristi Guriță prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 24th play minute Porter Armstrong came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Cristi Guriță. 2-0. If Cezar Goicea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Porter Armstrong might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cristi Guriță. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Porter Armstrong ran back to his position shaking his head. Arnaldo Lira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cristi Guriță having to make a save. In the 34th minute, Iulian Tudorică hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Porter Armstrong took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Cristi Guriță to make any attempt to save it. All Blacks's Lu Tian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eric Cosor in the 45th minute of play. The supporters of UFC Vulpeni booed when All Blacks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucian Gârdescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Porter Armstrong made a kick off. UFC Vulpeni's Cristi Guriță played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ilie Bosioc in the 54th minute of play. After 54 minutes of play, All Blacks's Ilie Bosioc made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cristi Guriță was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 58th minute, Arnaldo Lira managed to get in a good position for a shot. All Blacks's supporters rose to their feet, but Arnaldo Lira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cristi Guriță breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Arnaldo Lira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristi Guriță having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Porter Armstrong's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cristi Guriță was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. Arnaldo Lira struck a weak shot in the 63rd minute. Cristi Guriță didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for All Blacks. After 64 played minutes All Blacks got a freekick which was hit by Arnaldo Lira. Cezar Goicea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Lu Tian tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 71st minute, Porter Armstrong left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The All Blacks fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. A collision led to All Blacks getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Iulian Tudorică hit a great ball. In the 80th minute, Octavian Joanță hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81st minute of the match Ciprian Junilă shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cristi Guriță showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Cristi Guriță showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnaldo Lira in the 85th minute of the match. Nae Gheordunescu's late challenge caught a All Blacks's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nae Gheordunescu helped the player get up and apologised. After 86 played minutes UFC Vulpeni got a freekick which was hit by Nae Gheordunescu. After 87 played minutes All Blacks got a freekick which was hit by Wincent Czerny. Cezar Goicea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Lu Tian tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Porter Armstrong fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristi Guriță having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. All Blacks had won after a very even match.