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PHOENIX ARENA
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Horia Șerbulescu started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Valentin Avacariței came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the Rapid Constanta 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 Valentin Avacariței couldn't finish the play. When Corneliu Colceriu came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Rapid Constanta 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 Corneliu Colceriu couldn't finish the play. If Basarab Constantinescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Filip Vintilă sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 28 minutes, Iulian Elisei mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rapid Constanta and the PHOENIX BUCURESTI players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 28 played minutes Rapid Constanta got a freekick which was hit by Iulian Elisei. Iulian Elisei fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iulian Boian having to interfere. Rapid Constanta's Horia Șerbulescu got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Avram Coman came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Rapid Constanta 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 Avram Coman couldn't finish the play. If Iulian Elisei had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 43 played minutes PHOENIX BUCURESTI got a freekick which was hit by Augustin Coroian. Horia Șerbulescu might have been able to make a better finish in the 46th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Iulian Boian. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Horia Șerbulescu ran back to his position shaking his head. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Basarab Constantinescu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Rapid Constanta booed when PHOENIX BUCURESTI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eliodor Ungheanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Rapid Constanta fans' excitement grew in the 57th match minute when Rapid Constanta's Horia Șerbulescu looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 64th minute, Rapid Constanta's Avram Coman dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. Horia Șerbulescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Iulian Boian tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Horia Șerbulescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iulian Boian having to interfere. Basarab Constantinescu succeeded in the game's 77th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-2. Corneliu Colceriu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 87th minute Horia Șerbulescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iulian Boian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcu Lucian fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iulian Boian having to interfere. Petruț Vancea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Horia Rizescu in the 91st minute of the match. Horia Șerbulescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iulian Boian having to interfere.