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Ionut Andrei
Spectators: 8501 (Terracing: 6377, Seating: 1955, VIP seats: 169) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Astor Haimar kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, He Gang Jian had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Teofilo Batista. Unirea Castelul Nou's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that He Gang Jian was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Astor Haimar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Teofilo Batista made a huge save. Diego Sánchez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Mugurel Nediu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 24th match minute, Unirea Castelul Nou was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mugur Răduțu to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Astor Haimar got free with Teofilo Batista in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Astor Haimars short, quick shot in the 28thth minute got Teofilo Batista to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 30 played minutes Unirea Castelul Nou got a freekick which was hit by Valentin Alexe. Astor Haimar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Teofilo Batista made a huge save. With his leg Teofilo Batista managed to avoid a goal in the 36thth minute, when White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Astor Haimar fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 37 minutes into the match, Mugurel Nediu notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Unirea Castelul Nou's Teofilo Batista. Teofilo Batista was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 42 minutes had been played when some careless play by White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sebastian Popeangă was slow to take the kick. During this time Unirea Castelul Nou's players had a chance to rest. Teofilo Batista didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Astor Haimar shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-0 in the ordered_time% minute.

Unirea Castelul Nou's Teofilo Batista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Astor Haimar in the 51st minute of play. Codruț Hanganu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cătălin Bebeșel in the 54th minute. Teofilo Batista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Astor Haimar in the 59th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Astor Haimar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Teofilo Batista was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. Unirea Castelul Nou's Dan Ploieșteanu was substituted for Sebastian Popeangă. White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Carlos Berbiz in the 63rd minute. 65 minutes into the match, Unirea Castelul Nou's goal looked a bit too open when Astor Haimar came free, but Teofilo Batista reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind Unirea Castelul Nou's goalkeeper Teofilo Batista, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Codruț Hanganu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- from getting a goal against them. In the 69th minute, Unirea Castelul Nou's Mugur Răduțu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-1. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Astor Haimar put it in 5-1 from a short distance just to the right of Teofilo Batista. In the 82nd minute, Gonzalo Basualdo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The long shot by Adrian Cernat in the 83rd minute really tested Codruț Hanganu's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. In the 84th minute, Astor Haimar ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Teofilo Batista was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-1. If Adrian Cernat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Astor Haimar in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Teofilo Batista saved Unirea Castelul Nou from getting behind. Unirea Castelul Nou's Teofilo Batista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Astor Haimar in the 92nd minute of play. For all the effort they put into the match, the Unirea Castelul Nou players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-.