League Play-Off

Victoria
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Victoria AFC's Lino Dombrowsky started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The crowd rose to their feet as Victoria AFC's Ernest Lucescu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Iulian Costandin. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. In the 5th minute, Ionel Vătafu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With an all-out effort, Victoria AFC's Iulian Costandin threw himself towards the right post 7 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Frank Donato, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 9th minute, Pavel Militaru ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Iulian Costandin was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. In the 15th match minute, Cermeiu AC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Toader Vancea to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Traian Bungeanu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cermeiu AC's supporters rose to their feet, but Traian Bungeanu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jim Hedin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd rose to their feet as Victoria AFC's Frank Donato slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Iulian Costandin. That made the score 3-0 after 22 minutes of play. Victoria AFC were furious when Pavel Militaru was red carded, 27 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Jim Hedin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Traian Bungeanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 33 minutes into the match, Cermeiu AC's goal looked a bit too open when Ernest Lucescu came free, but Iulian Costandin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Iulian Costandin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Donato in the 36th minute of play. Iulian Costandin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ernest Lucescu went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Iulian Costandin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Donato in the 41st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Cermeiu AC's Ilie Oardă got a free kick in the 42nd minute. In the 43rd minute, Ernest Lucescu made a precise shot to the right of Iulian Costandin. Cermeiu AC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cazimir Lițu to make the kick off. Jim Hedin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cazimir Lițu in the 54th minute of play. Iulian Costandin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernest Lucescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Iulian Costandin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilie Georgescu in the 60th minute of the match. Lino Dombrowsky took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Iulian Costandin. Iulian Costandin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. Frank Donato's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Iulian Costandin read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 66th minute of play. In the 68th minute, Ionel Vătafu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Cermeiu AC defense, Ernest Lucescu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Iulian Costandin. The Cermeiu AC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Iulian Costandin should have stopped the shot. Iulian Costandin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ilie Georgescu in the 78th minute of play. Cermeiu AC's Iulian Costandin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernest Lucescu in the 81st minute of play. After 83 minutes of play, Victoria AFC's Ernest Lucescu made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Iulian Costandin was left in no man's land by his defense there! 88 minutes into the match, Cermeiu AC's goal looked a bit too open when Frank Donato came free, but Iulian Costandin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Iulian Costandin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernest Lucescu in the 89th minute of the match. Frank Donato took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Iulian Costandin. Iulian Costandin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 9-0. Victoria AFC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.