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Spectators: 10 (Terracing: 0, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gheorghe Cunea kicked off to start the match. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gheorghe Cunea in the 4th minute of play. After 7 minutes, Adrian Våleman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ManagerZone Crew and the Steaua Bucuresti players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Steaua Bucuresti booed when ManagerZone Crew was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adrian Våleman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nae Matei in the 13th minute of play. A collision led to Steaua Bucuresti getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Aurel Pandrea hit a great ball. In the 17th minute, Gheorghe Cunea ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Patrick Armstrong was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 22nd minute Ionuț Drumeș shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrick Armstrong saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ManagerZone Crew's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Adrian Våleman in the 25th minute. Aurel Pandrea took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Patrick Armstrong. Patrick Armstrong dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. With his leg Radu Isaicu managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when ManagerZone Crew's Peter Linkhorst fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Patrick Armstrong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aurel Pandrea, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 38 minutes into the game, Gheorghe Cunea cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Patrick Armstrong was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gheorghe Cunea in the 40th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gheorghe Cunea in the 42nd minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of ManagerZone Crew booed when Steaua Bucuresti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vadym Putinčanin didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 44th minute the ball was on its way in behind Steaua Bucuresti's goalkeeper Radu Isaicu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 48 minutes into the game, Steaua Bucuresti's Aurel Pandrea nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Patrick Armstrong made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4.

After 53 played minutes Steaua Bucuresti got a freekick which was hit by Aron Ciorăscu. The supporters of ManagerZone Crew booed when Steaua Bucuresti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aron Ciorăscu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aurel Pandrea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ionuț Drumeș succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-5 in the 66th playminute. ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Aron Ciorăscu 69 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-6. After 76 minutes of play, Steaua Bucuresti's Gheorghe Cunea made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Patrick Armstrong was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Thorbjörn Olerius had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 91 minutes into the match, ManagerZone Crew's goal looked a bit too open when Aron Ciorăscu came free, but Patrick Armstrong reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Robert Ununger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Radu Isaicu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of ManagerZone Crew booed when Steaua Bucuresti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aurel Pandrea didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Steaua Bucuresti had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.