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Spectators: 401 (Terracing: 301, Seating: 92, VIP seats: 8) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Augustin Balint kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Rovine Craiova's goal looked a bit too open when Augustin Balint came free, but Cezar Ghinescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Valentin Chirnoagă made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dacian Patrichi in the 6th minute. In the 13th minute Martin Busuioceanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cezar Ghinescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 15 minutes, Augustin Balint mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Locomotiva Adjud and the Rovine Craiova players grew even worse after the yellow card. Augustin Balint hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Rovine Craiova's Iordache Andone shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 16th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Valentin Chirnoagă but with some difficulty. Locomotiva Adjud's Valentin Chirnoagă proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Locomotiva Adjud from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Busuioceanu in the 20th minute of play forced Rovine Craiova's goalkeeper Cezar Ghinescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valentin Chirnoagă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matei Comișel, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After 24 played minutes Locomotiva Adjud got a freekick which was hit by Augustin Balint. Valentin Chirnoagă came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Rovine Craiova's Dacian Patrichi. But to his dismay, Dacian Patrichi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Damian Purcărete kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the game, Dacian Patrichi recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Valentin Chirnoagă. Dacian Patrichi showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. The audience was convinced that Dacian Patrichi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Valentin Chirnoagă was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. In the 46th match minute, Locomotiva Adjud was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olimpiu Ciocâltea to maneuver through the defense. Sandu Munteanu took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 47th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Valentin Chirnoagă. Locomotiva Adjud's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Dacian Patrichi made a kick off. Valentin Chirnoagă showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matei Comișel in the 51st minute of the match. Dacian Patrichi hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. After 55 minutes, Dacian Patrichi made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Locomotiva Adjud's Valentin Chirnoagă tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Locomotiva Adjud getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Damian Purcărete hit a great ball. Locomotiva Adjud made a substitution. Eric Cobzeanu replaced Martin Busuioceanu. Damian Purcărete kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. When Sandu Munteanu came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Rovine Craiova 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 Sandu Munteanu couldn't finish the play. After 64 minutes of play Locomotiva Adjud's Damian Purcărete was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Damian Purcărete kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. In the 68th match minute, Rovine Craiova was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iordache Andone to maneuver through the defense. In the 70th match minute, Rovine Craiova was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Silviu Stoian to maneuver through the defense. 73 minutes into the match, Dacian Patrichi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Valentin Chirnoagă. Locomotiva Adjud's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dacian Patrichi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. After having played for 80 minutes, Sandu Munteanu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rovine Craiova's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sandu Munteanu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Valentin Chirnoagă showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matei Comișel in the 83rd minute of the match. Gică Răchitan kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. In the 87th minute of the match Mihnea Potra shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Valentin Chirnoagă showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silviu Stoian in the 93rd minute of play forced Locomotiva Adjud's goalkeeper Valentin Chirnoagă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.