League Play-Off

Barbosu
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Victor Ghionea kicked off to start the match. Sever Cojocaru's late challenge caught a Barbosu FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sever Cojocaru helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Arcio AFC's Sever Cojocaru got a free kick in the 11th minute. A collision led to Arcio AFC getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Codrin Olaru hit a great ball. Rareș Mănescu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tudor Hârșu in the 13th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dacian Gliga in the 18th minute of play forced Barbosu FC's goalkeeper Traian Jurăscu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Barbosu FC's goalkeeper Traian Jurăscu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Costin Ştefănuţ sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Costin Ştefănuţ fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Traian Jurăscu having to interfere. In the 34th minute Dacian Gliga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Traian Jurăscu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Costin Ştefănuţ sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Costin Ştefănuţ in the 45th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Traian Jurăscu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Victor Ghionea was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 47th minute. Barbosu FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dacian Gliga was the one to do the kick off. Lucian Budac's late challenge caught a Arcio AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lucian Budac helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Arcio AFC booed when Barbosu FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucian Budac didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Ghionea in the 54th minute of play forced Arcio AFC's goalkeeper Rareș Mănescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rareș Mănescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tudor Hârșu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dacian Gliga recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 58th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of Arcio AFC booed when Barbosu FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matei Lupescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. 64 minutes into the game, Costin Arseni was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Barbosu FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Arcio AFC the free kick. A collision led to Barbosu FC getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Costin Arseni hit a great ball. Sever Cojocaru was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 65th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After 68 minutes of play, Barbosu FC's Tudor Hârșu made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rareș Mănescu was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 72nd match minute, Arcio AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Codrin Olaru to maneuver through the defense. Tudor Hârșu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Rareș Mănescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 78 minutes into the game, one of Arcio AFC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Barbosu FC a penalty, 80 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Robert Cerghizan, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Arcio AFC's Rareș Mănescu. 2-1. Rareș Mănescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Ghionea in the 85th minute of play. Barbosu FC's Traian Jurăscu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dacian Gliga in the 91st minute of play. Dacian Gliga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Traian Jurăscu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 96 minutes into the match, Arcio AFC's Costin Ştefănuţ sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Traian Jurăscu narrowly saved just below the crossbar.