League Play-Off

Jupani
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ioan Lăceanu started the match with the kick off. CTL's Grigore Tomozei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ioan Lăceanu in the 6th minute of play. Emil Trandafir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gigi Plop, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Grigore Tomozei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ioan Lăceanu in the 23rd minute of play. 26 minutes in the game, Dorin Itoafă fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Grigore Tomozei having to interfere. Cazimir Tulbure recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 29th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Emil Trandafir made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gigi Plop in the 30th minute of play. Dorin Itoafă's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 32ndth minute, Grigore Tomozei skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When Gigi Plop came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the CTL 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 Gigi Plop couldn't finish the play. Gigi Plop sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Grigore Tomozei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ioan Lăceanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 41stth minute of the game Aurelian Axinte who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Jupani's Emil Trandafir was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 43rd minute Aurelian Axinte shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emil Trandafir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 44th minute, Cazimir Tulbure ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Emil Trandafir was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

In the 52nd minute Dorin Itoafă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grigore Tomozei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Grigore Tomozei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dorin Itoafă in the 54th minute of the match. 61 minutes into the game, CTL's Aurelian Axinte nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emil Trandafir made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Grigore Tomozei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ioan Lăceanu in the 66th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as CTL's Aurelian Axinte slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Emil Trandafir. That made the score 1-3 after 75 minutes of play. Aurelian Axinte could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Emil Trandafir made a huge save. Dorin Itoafă fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Grigore Tomozei having to interfere. Gigi Plop received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Emil Trandafir tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emil Trandafir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gigi Plop, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpected shot in the 88th minute by Aurelian Axinte got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Grigore Tomozei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ioan Lăceanu in the 92nd minute of the match. When Jupani's Dorin Itoafă in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye CTL's goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cazimir Tulbure in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Emil Trandafir saved Jupani from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gigi Plop in the 96th minute of play forced Jupani's goalkeeper Emil Trandafir to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the final whistle sounded CTL left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Jupani.