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Gurahont
Spectators: 7513 (Terracing: 5635, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rareș Mugur made the kick off which started today's match. With a little luck, Lupuesti's Sever Bădiliță got control of the ball when Horia Stamatiu tried to sneak it across the goal line. 14 minutes into the match, Lupuesti's goalkeeper Sever Bădiliță had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ioan Ursu. Sever Bădiliță made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ioan Ursu in the 15th minute. Petruț Brătescu hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Ionică Zâncă didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rareș Mugur went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 28th match minute, Scorpions-MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicodim Jitaru to maneuver through the defense. Lupuesti's Vlad Tâlvescu took a good shot, in the 29th minute, which hit the crossbar above Ionică Zâncă's head, and flew over the goal. Scorpions-MM-'s manager was very thankful on the sidelines as his team had managed to keep the ball out of the net after some serious pressure by Lupuesti. Ionică Zâncă took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rareș Mugur, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ioan Ursu did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-1 to the left of a surprised Sever Bădiliță 37 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Slicaru in the 45th minute of play forced Scorpions-MM-'s goalkeeper Ionică Zâncă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ioan Ursu was the one to do the kick off. Sever Bădiliță showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Petruț Brătescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. 60 minutes in the game, Rareș Mugur fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Ionică Zâncă having to interfere. Ionică Zâncă took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rareș Mugur, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Ioan Ursu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sever Bădiliță showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentin Nicolcioiu, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Valentin Nicolcioiu might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sever Bădiliță. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Valentin Nicolcioiu ran back to his position shaking his head. After 78 minutes, Rareș Mugur mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lupuesti and the Scorpions-MM- players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Horia Stamatiu in the 82nd minute of play forced Lupuesti's goalkeeper Sever Bădiliță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ioan Ursu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sever Bădiliță read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 83rd minute of play. 92 minutes into the game, Valentin Nicolcioiu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Sever Bădiliță was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the referee blew the final whistle, Scorpions-MM- could leave the field as winners, despite Lupuesti having more of the ball for most of the match.