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Potaissa Fortress
Spectators: 10791 (Terracing: 8094, Seating: 2482, VIP seats: 215) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Petru Tărău started the match with the kick off. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pinner Cluj-Napoca's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ion Bianu was slow to take the kick. During this time A4p FC Gad's players had a chance to rest. Horaţiu Arsenescu charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Horaţiu Arsenescu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Pinner Cluj-Napoca booed when A4p FC Gad was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Horaţiu Arsenescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ali Nurettin in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Olimpiu Târlea prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Petru Tărău in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jeronimo Rainerio prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Olimpiu Târlea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matt De Ligt in the 17th minute of play. After having played for 19 minutes, Ali Nurettin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pinner Cluj-Napoca's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ali Nurettin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Codrin Dragalina in the 20th minute of play forced Pinner Cluj-Napoca's goalkeeper Jeronimo Rainerio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Olimpiu Târlea was a little too slow when Ali Nurettin got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 21st minute. The score was now 1-0. Ali Nurettin scored 2-0 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Olimpiu Târlea, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Pinner Cluj-Napoca's Petruț Mircescu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Olimpiu Târlea. That made the score 3-0 after 29 minutes of play. In the 36th minute, Ali Nurettin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pinner Cluj-Napoca fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ali Nurettin was the one to do the kick off. After 52 minutes of play, Pinner Cluj-Napoca's Ali Nurettin made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Olimpiu Târlea was left in no man's land by his defense there! Olimpiu Târlea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Nurettin in the 56th minute of play. A4p FC Gad made a substitution. Lucrețiu Nastac replaced Nechifor Sorin. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind A4p FC Gad's goalkeeper Olimpiu Târlea, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ali Nurettin spun around in front of the goal 68 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of A4p FC Gad's goal. When Petruț Mircescu came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the Pinner Cluj-Napoca 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 Petruț Mircescu couldn't finish the play. Pinner Cluj-Napoca made a substitution. Codrin Birișu replaced Petruț Mircescu. Olimpiu Târlea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matt De Ligt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Pinner Cluj-Napoca's Codrin Birișu in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye A4p FC Gad's goalie prevented a goal. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind A4p FC Gad's goalkeeper Olimpiu Târlea, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ali Nurettin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Olimpiu Târlea read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 87th minute of play. In the 89th minute Matt De Ligt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Olimpiu Târlea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 95th minute, Codrin Dragalina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.