League Play-Off

ARENA STARURILOR
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Pompiliu Spiridon made the kick off which started today's match. Mircea Ciolac took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ciprian Burtescu. Ciprian Burtescu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. After 6 minutes, Emanuel Vâtcă mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Geaca AC and the F.C. SOFYA players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 6th minute, Emanuel Vâtcă hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anton Hârțan in the 9th minute of play forced F.C. SOFYA's goalkeeper Ciprian Burtescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 10 minutes into the game, Geaca AC's Fabian Covaci nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ciprian Burtescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Fabian Covaci hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. An unexpected shot in the 16th minute by Robert Martinaș got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Dinu Morovan shot from long distance in the 19th minute, but Mihăiţă Neagoe was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. The audience cheered loudly when Dinu Morovan's long shot in the 19th minute became 1-2 when the ball went to the left of and passed Mihăiţă Neagoe. F.C. SOFYA's Ciprian Burtescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marius Constantinescu in the 29th minute of play. Ciprian Burtescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Hârțan in the 31st minute of the match. Pompiliu Spiridon recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 35th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ciprian Burtescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabian Covaci in the 39th minute of play. F.C. SOFYA's Ciprian Burtescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anton Hârțan in the 40th minute of play. In the 43rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Geaca AC's goalkeeper Mihăiţă Neagoe, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Dinu Morovan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mihăiţă Neagoe having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Anton Hârțan made a kick off. Ciprian Burtescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anton Hârțan, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. In the 57th minute, Cazimir Fințescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pompiliu Spiridon in the 59th minute of play forced Geaca AC's goalkeeper Mihăiţă Neagoe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 59 minutes into the game, Fabian Covaci was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Geaca AC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave F.C. SOFYA the free kick. In the 59th minute, Fabian Covaci hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ciprian Burtescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anton Hârțan, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Robert Martinaș's late challenge caught a Geaca AC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Robert Martinaș helped the player get up and apologised. In the 75th minute Mircea Ciolac shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciprian Burtescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of F.C. SOFYA booed when Geaca AC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cazimir Fințescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Fabian Covaci was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 79 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, Geaca AC's Fabian Covaci got a free kick in the 79th minute. 88 minutes into the game, Geaca AC's Marius Constantinescu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ciprian Burtescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marius Constantinescu got free with Ciprian Burtescu in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.