League Play-Off

Sindresti
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Calistrat Brumă got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute the ball was on its way in behind Sindresti's goalkeeper Hjalmar Fredriksson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 8 minutes, Albert Crăiță mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sindresti and the Vinata AC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 8 played minutes Sindresti got a freekick which was hit by Albert Crăiță. Vinata AC's Petre Buhoiu got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ionel Trapcea recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 19 minutes of play, Vinata AC's Ionel Trapcea made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hjalmar Fredriksson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dinu Cristian struck a weak shot in the 28th minute. Gabriel Burghelea didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sindresti. Ionel Trapcea might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hjalmar Fredriksson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ionel Trapcea ran back to his position shaking his head. Hjalmar Fredriksson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ionel Trapcea in the 34th minute of play. Eusebiu Chiriloaie's late challenge caught a Vinata AC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eusebiu Chiriloaie helped the player get up and apologised. In the 36th minute, Eusebiu Chiriloaie hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eusebiu Chiriloaie could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Gabriel Burghelea made a huge save. Calistrat Brumă blasted a shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gabriel Burghelea having to make a save. Gabriel Burghelea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Calistrat Brumă in the 46th minute of play. Sindresti's Hjalmar Fredriksson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Petre Buhoiu in the 48th minute of play. After the first half Vinata AC were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Petre Buhoiu to make the kick off. Dinu Cristian took the ball and in the 52 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gabriel Burghelea. Gabriel Burghelea dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Sindresti's Dinu Cristian got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Sindresti booed when Vinata AC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maxim Atanasiu didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 60th minute Petre Buhoiu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hjalmar Fredriksson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gabriel Burghelea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Calistrat Brumă in the 61st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Calistrat Brumă in the 63rd minute of play forced Vinata AC's goalkeeper Gabriel Burghelea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Petre Buhoiu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Hjalmar Fredriksson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Petre Buhoiu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Ionel Trapcea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Petre Buhoiu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 78th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Sindresti getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Albert Crăiță hit a great ball. Nils-Åke Drewitz's late challenge caught a Vinata AC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nils-Åke Drewitz helped the player get up and apologised. After 80 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Sindresti! When the match had been going on for 82 minutes, Vinata AC's Robert Loghin got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Hjalmar Fredriksson. Hjalmar Fredriksson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ionel Trapcea in the 86th minute. Ionel Trapcea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hjalmar Fredriksson having to interfere. The supporters of Vinata AC booed when Sindresti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eusebiu Chiriloaie didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 95 played minutes Vinata AC got a freekick which was hit by Radu Hrebenciuc. Calistrat Brumă received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 100th minute. Gabriel Burghelea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Vinata AC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.