League Play-Off

Nagykend
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The crowd rose to their feet as Nagykend UFC's Octavian Manolescu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Flavius Tatomir. That made the score 1-0 after 5 minutes of play. In the 9th minute Petru Cucu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavius Tatomir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Octavian Manolescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Flavius Tatomir made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Luca Ivăncioiu sent off a good shot on target. In the 17th minute, Pixel eSports's Leontin Piț seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Leontin Piț the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Pixel eSports protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Leontin Piț had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 16th minute, one of Pixel eSports: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 Pixel eSports. Laurențiu Ciolac shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. In the 20th minute, Laurențiu Ciolac left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nagykend UFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. In the 26thth minute of the game Octavian Manolescu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pixel eSports's Flavius Tatomir was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Octavian Manolescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 36 minutes into the match, Pixel eSports's goalkeeper Flavius Tatomir had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Petru Cucu. Nagykend UFC's Måns Brander played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ilie Horea in the 38th minute of play. Horaţiu Mircescu hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. If Octavian Manolescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

In the 51st minute, Luca Ivăncioiu 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. Luca Ivăncioiu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Flavius Tatomir stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Octavian Manolescu's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Octavian Manolescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Nagykend UFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Octavian Manolescu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Flavius Tatomir breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 58th minute Octavian Manolescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavius Tatomir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 61stth minute of the game Octavian Manolescu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pixel eSports's Flavius Tatomir was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 66 minutes, Daniel Vrejiu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pixel eSports and the Nagykend UFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Nagykend UFC booed when Pixel eSports was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniel Vrejiu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Octavian Manolescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavius Tatomir having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Octavian Manolescu put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Flavius Tatomir. Flavius Tatomir didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Octavian Manolescu went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Flavius Tatomir stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Octavian Manolescu's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. If Laurențiu Ciolac had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Octavian Manolescu might have been able to make a better finish in the 94th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Flavius Tatomir. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Octavian Manolescu ran back to his position shaking his head.