League Play-Off

Mija
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ernest Bojonca got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filip Bodiu in the 4th minute of play forced Empire Club Recea's goalkeeper Romeo Dabija to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 8 minutes into the match, Paul Chelbea notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Mija CSS's Ioan Jugănaru. Ioan Jugănaru was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 16thth minute of the game Valer Bocaneț who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mija CSS's Ioan Jugănaru was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 21st minute, Paul Chelbea made a precise shot to the right of Ioan Jugănaru. Mija CSS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Ioan Jugănaru made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paul Chelbea in the 24th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Ernest Bojonca's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ioan Jugănaru was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Filip Bodiu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Romeo Dabija having to interfere. After 30 minutes, Martin Ganea mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Empire Club Recea and the Mija CSS players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Empire Club Recea's Martin Ganea got a free kick in the 30th minute. Empire Club Recea's Ernest Bojonca got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Valer Bocaneț charged in rather forcefully in the 37th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Valer Bocaneț the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Mija CSS booed when Empire Club Recea was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valer Bocaneț didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Empire Club Recea's Ernest Bojonca in the 41st minute got a chance for a shot 41st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mija CSS's goalie prevented a goal. After a defensive mix-up in Empire Club Recea's zone, Filip Bodiu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Romeo Dabija came out of the goal and Filip Bodiu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Filip Bodiu made a kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Empire Club Recea's Paul Chelbea sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ioan Jugănaru narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 55 minutes into the game, Ciprian Schiau was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mija CSS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Empire Club Recea the free kick. In the 55th minute, Ciprian Schiau hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ernest Bojonca was extremely unlucky when he, in the 58th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. In the 59th minute, Ernest Bojonca 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. With a little luck, Mija CSS's Ioan Jugănaru got control of the ball when Paul Chelbea tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Paul Chelbea managed to get in a good position for a shot. Empire Club Recea's supporters rose to their feet, but Paul Chelbea was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ioan Jugănaru breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Romeo Dabija made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Bodiu in the 72nd minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Ernest Bojonca kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ioan Jugănaru. That made the score 0-4 in the 74 minute of play. Filip Bodiu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Romeo Dabija having to interfere. If Filip Bodiu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ioan Jugănaru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernest Bojonca in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 83rd minute, Ernest Bojonca fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Ioan Jugănaru, passed just outside the right post. In the 83rd minute Ernest Bojonca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ioan Jugănaru saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 89th match minute, Empire Club Recea was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iustin Negrilă to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Mija CSS getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Emanuel Guriță hit a great ball. In the 99th minute, Ernest Bojonca fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Empire Club Recea's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.