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Spectators: 6826 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 100) Mailat's Ionuț Opincaru started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Mihăiţă Drăucean was a little too slow when Manole Simionescu got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 3rd minute. The score was now 1-0. In the 7th minute, Mihail Miu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mihăiţă Drăucean. The goal made the score 2-0. If Cătălin Liviu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Eric Pandele could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Mihăiţă Drăucean made a huge save. Mihăiţă Drăucean made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cătălin Liviu in the 17th minute of play. A collision led to F.C.Steaua getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Manole Simionescu hit a great ball. Mihăiţă Drăucean showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mihail Miu, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 33rd minute, Nichifor Rotariu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mihăiţă Drăucean made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mihail Miu in the 34th minute of play. After a rather tough play, F.C.Steaua's Luiz Fernando Oliveira got a free kick in the 36th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Basarab Chificeac got free with Mihăiţă Drăucean in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mihăiţă Drăucean made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Mihail Miu sent off a good shot on target. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cătălin Liviu was the one to do the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mihail Miu during the 51st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to F.C.Steaua getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Mihail Miu hit a great ball. 54 minutes into the match, Mihail Miu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mihăiţă Drăucean. Mailat's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mihail Miu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Mihăiţă Drăucean showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mihail Miu, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Pompiliu Druță was a little too slow when Ionuț Opincaru got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 59th minute. The score was now 4-1. Mihăiţă Drăucean stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cătălin Liviu's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ionuț Opincaru in the 64th minute of play forced F.C.Steaua's goalkeeper Pompiliu Druță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mihăiţă Drăucean showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Basarab Chificeac in the 67th minute of the match. Mihăiţă Drăucean made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Basarab Chificeac in the 72nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihail Miu in the 73rd minute of play forced Mailat's goalkeeper Mihăiţă Drăucean to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 87 minutes into the game, Ionuț Opincaru cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-3. Pompiliu Druță was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mihăiţă Drăucean didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cătălin Liviu went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-3 was the resulting score. F.C.Steaua's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.