League Play-Off

Arcio
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dacian Gliga got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd minute, Pavel Moise hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Irinel Gâdea fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Gulotreni's protests and gave Irinel Gâdea a yellow card for diving instead. In the 6th minute, Irinel Gâdea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 7th minute, Dacian Gliga got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Cosmin Gabor charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cosmin Gabor the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Stelian Tarcu, 13 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After 16 played minutes Gulotreni got a freekick which was hit by Pavel Moise. After 17 played minutes, Arcio AFC's Sever Cojocaru shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Eliodor Caloian 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 Arcio AFC reached it. When Dacian Gliga came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Arcio AFC 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 Dacian Gliga couldn't finish the play. Eliodor Caloian was a little too slow when Costin Ştefănuţ got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 35th minute. The score was now 1-0. Rareș Mănescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Remus Zogreanu in the 40th minute of play. In the 44th minute, Dacian Gliga got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Dacian Gliga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Remus Zogreanu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rareș Ciorobîtcă during the 53rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 52nd minute, one of Gulotreni:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Gulotreni. Sever Cojocaru shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. Gheorghe Burileanu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rareș Mănescu having to interfere. Rareș Mănescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Remus Zogreanu in the 67th minute of the match. The Gulotreni fans' excitement grew in the 69th match minute when Gulotreni's Ionuț Neculce 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 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 78th minute Remus Zogreanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rareș Mănescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gheorghe Burileanu who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 79thth minute tested the skills of Rareș Mănescu when he managed to save the team from getting behind. With a little luck, Arcio AFC's Rareș Mănescu got control of the ball when Irinel Gâdea tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 81 played minutes Arcio AFC got a freekick which was hit by Codrin Olaru. In the 85th minute Dacian Gliga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eliodor Caloian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eliodor Caloian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costin Ştefănuţ in the 88th minute of play. In the 91st minute of the match, Remus Zogreanu tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Rareș Mănescu saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.