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Vivant Arena
Spectators: 10850 (Terracing: 8139, Seating: 2495, VIP seats: 216) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Larry Hallam started the match with the kick off. Adrian Bumbac's late challenge caught a Vivant's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adrian Bumbac helped the player get up and apologised. After 3 played minutes Dinamo Speia got a freekick which was hit by Adrian Bumbac. Dinamo Speia made a substitution. Mircea Minciunã replaced Adrian Bumbac. Adrian Bumbac hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. If Larry Hallam had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vivant's Larry Hallam got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 9 minutes into the match, Vivant's Larry Hallam sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dorel Stângã narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 10 minutes into the match, Vivant's Larry Hallam sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dorel Stângã narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Larry Hallam's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dorel Stângã read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 12th minute of play. 24 minutes into the match, Larry Hallam had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dorel Stângã. Dinamo Speia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Larry Hallam was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. After 29 minutes Vivant's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Clodoveo Dominix who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Dinamo Speia's corner Ciprian Agapie fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and A.J. 关平 quite easily take care of the ball. Elvis Tek's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dorel Stângã firmly grabbed it by the left post. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by Dinamo Speia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marin Lipets was slow to take the kick. During this time Vivant's players had a chance to rest. Dorel Stângã was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Larry Hallam showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 35 minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, Vivant's Larry Hallam sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dorel Stângã narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 41st match minute, Dinamo Speia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciprian Agapie to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Larry Hallam's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dorel Stângã was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Larry Hallam in the 44th minute of play forced Dinamo Speia's goalkeeper Dorel Stângã to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vivant's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Marin Lipets in the 46th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Clodoveo Dominix made a kick off. A.J. 关平 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Andrei Doibani's shot from short distance in the 50th minute. When Clodoveo Dominix came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Dinamo Speia 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 Clodoveo Dominix couldn't finish the play. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by Dinamo Speia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marin Lipets was slow to take the kick. During this time Vivant's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Dinamo Speia's goalie and right to Hilário Bento. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Dinamo Speia's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 57th minute, Larry Hallam made a precise shot to the right of Dorel Stângã. Dinamo Speia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Dinamo Speia's Dorel Stângã played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Larry Hallam in the 62nd minute of play. Dorel Stângã came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by Vivant's Larry Hallam. But to his dismay, Larry Hallam quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. In the 71st minute, Larry Hallam made a precise shot to the right of Dorel Stângã. Dinamo Speia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. Valeriu Sfetcu hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. After 79 minutes of play, Vivant's Larry Hallam made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dorel Stângã was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Larry Hallam managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vivant's supporters rose to their feet, but Larry Hallam was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dorel Stângã breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 90th match minute, Vivant was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ştefan Iovan to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Vivant booed when Dinamo Speia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mircea Minciunã didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vivant's Marin Lipets got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Vivant fans cheered their team off the field, for while Dinamo Speia had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.