League Play-Off

Mahala
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marcu Zbârnea made the kick off which started today's match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mircea Berbec during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 4th minute, Mircea Berbec hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Haraul FC defense, Marcu Zbârnea kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ilie Lupescu. The Haraul FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ilie Lupescu should have stopped the shot. Marcu Zbârnea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Ilie Lupescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, FC Reprivat's Tiberiu Zburlea got a free kick in the 15th minute. 18 minutes into the match, Haraul FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marcu Zbârnea came free, but Ilie Lupescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Haraul FC's Ilie Lupescu got control of the ball when Eduard Bobariu tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Nicu Macaneață ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Matei Păunescu was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Ilie Lupescu came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Reprivat's Eduard Bobariu. But to his dismay, Eduard Bobariu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. In the 35th minute the ball was on its way in behind Haraul FC's goalkeeper Ilie Lupescu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Haraul FC getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Basarab Hirean hit a great ball. Eduard Bobariu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mircea Berbec kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. In the 48th minute Marcu Zbârnea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilie Lupescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cristi Busuioceanu to make the kick off. 57 minutes into the match, Eduard Bobariu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ilie Lupescu. Haraul FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eduard Bobariu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Cristi Busuioceanu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Matei Păunescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 66th minute, Gigi Dumitru hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind Haraul FC's goalkeeper Ilie Lupescu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Eduard Bobariu came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the FC Reprivat 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 Eduard Bobariu couldn't finish the play. Eduard Bobariu struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Ilie Lupescu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Reprivat. A collision led to FC Reprivat getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Marcu Zbârnea hit a great ball. Marcu Zbârnea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilie Lupescu having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Teodor Gheban's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilie Lupescu was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. FC Reprivat had played much better football throughout.