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Spectators: 461 (Terracing: 346, Seating: 106, VIP seats: 9) Claudiu Radovan started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When the match clock showed 5 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Aristide Strungă sped through AFC Nirosxn 08's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Emil Lunca. FC MeHigh's Basarab Bocșan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save FC MeHigh from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, FC MeHigh's Codrin Cucerdean got a free kick in the 12th minute. 16 minutes into the match, AFC Nirosxn 08's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Macaneață came free, but Emil Lunca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 18 minutes into the game, FC MeHigh's Cristian Macaneață nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emil Lunca made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Nicu Arosculesei sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Claudiu Radovan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Basarab Bocșan made a huge save. Silviu Săraru's late challenge caught a AFC Nirosxn 08's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Silviu Săraru helped the player get up and apologised. Basarab Bocșan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Claudiu Radovan in the 32nd minute. Emil Lunca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mugurel Grădinaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Claudiu Radovan's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 38thth minute, Basarab Bocșan skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 39th minute AFC Nirosxn 08 were awarded a corner. Claudiu Radovan went to the cornerflag to take it. AFC Nirosxn 08's Claudiu Radovan was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Basarab Bocșan in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Emil Lunca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentin Strungă, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. The audience was convinced that Aristide Strungă's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emil Lunca was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. A collision led to AFC Nirosxn 08 getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Sergiu Voiculescu hit a great ball. After 48 played minutes, FC MeHigh's Aristide Strungă shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Emil Lunca came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FC MeHigh reached it. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Valentin Strungă made the kick off in the second half. Emil Lunca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Macaneață in the 52nd minute of the match. Emil Lunca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Macaneață in the 52nd minute of play. FC MeHigh's Valentin Strungă got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 57 minutes into the game, AFC Nirosxn 08's Claudiu Radovan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Basarab Bocșan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. In the 63rd minute, Cristian Macaneață hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Valentin Strungă came up free with the goalie in the 70th minute, the FC MeHigh 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 Strungă couldn't finish the play. 83 minutes into the match, AFC Nirosxn 08's goal looked a bit too open when Valentin Strungă came free, but Emil Lunca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by AFC Nirosxn 08's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aristide Strungă was slow to take the kick. During this time FC MeHigh's players had a chance to rest. After 87 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for AFC Nirosxn 08! 97 minutes into the game, Horia Neculce was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. AFC Nirosxn 08's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC MeHigh the free kick. Horia Neculce kicked well hit freekick during the 98th minute of the match. When the match was over FC MeHigh could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than AFC Nirosxn 08 throughout the match.