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Cricova Stadionul Cã
Spectators: 8132 (Terracing: 6100, Seating: 1871, VIP seats: 161) Cricova's Valentin Filip started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ilie Afteni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wincent Gaszynski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vasile Ureche hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Cricova's zone, Timoteo Elodio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilie Afteni came out of the goal and Timoteo Elodio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 18th minute of the match, Valentin Filip tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Mihail Cecan saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Ilie Afteni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timoteo Elodio in the 20th minute of play. Mihail Cecan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentin Filip, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Timoteo Elodio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Ilie Afteni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ilie Afteni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wincent Gaszynski in the 34th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cãtãlin Vornic during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 35th minute of the game. One of Cricova:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of FC Haiduc Bumbata:s goal. Ilie Afteni didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Timoteo Elodio went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Cricova's zone, Wincent Gaszynski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilie Afteni came out of the goal and Wincent Gaszynski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 45thth minute of the game Wincent Gaszynski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cricova's Ilie Afteni was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Vitalie Briceag sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

In the 59th minute, Timoteo Elodio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ilie Afteni was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Ilie Afteni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wincent Gaszynski in the 64th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 67 minutes, Ilie Afteni successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. A hard shot 68 in the game by Timoteo Elodio from a close distance when the talented Ilie Afteni managed to make a qualified save. Cricova's players were relieved. When Valentin Filip came up free with the goalie in the 70th minute, the Cricova 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 Valentin Filip couldn't finish the play. Wincent Gaszynski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Timoteo Elodio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Ilie Afteni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ilie Afteni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wincent Gaszynski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 77 minutes of play, FC Haiduc Bumbata's Timoteo Elodio made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ilie Afteni was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 79th match minute, FC Haiduc Bumbata was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sandu Burduja to maneuver through the defense. Wincent Gaszynski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Timoteo Elodio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Ilie Afteni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 87th minute Wincent Gaszynski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilie Afteni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Timoteo Elodio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the final whistle sounded FC Haiduc Bumbata left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Cricova.