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Academia RIO
Spectators: 8400 (Terracing: 6300, Seating: 1932, VIP seats: 168) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sergiu Coșeriu kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd match minute, Olympique de Marseille was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emil Nicoliță to maneuver through the defense. 4 minutes into the match, Academia Rio's goal looked a bit too open when Valer Stătescu came free, but Aurelian Coporan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Valeriu Ilinca could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Bogdan Crivoi made a huge save. If Valer Stătescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Bogdan Crivoi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Radu Păvăloae's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. In the 13th minute Academia Rio were awarded a corner. Dumitru Pantelimon went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Academia Rio's Dumitru Pantelimon to fire away a dangerous shot which Bogdan Crivoi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. A collision led to Academia Rio getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Sergiu Coșeriu hit a great ball. Bogdan Cândroveanu charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bogdan Cândroveanu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 16 played minutes Olympique de Marseille got a freekick which was hit by Bogdan Cândroveanu. The audience was convinced that Valer Stătescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aurelian Coporan was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. In the 20thth minute of the game Valer Stătescu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Academia Rio's Aurelian Coporan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 23 played minutes Academia Rio got a freekick which was hit by Codrin Ionete. Bogdan Cândroveanu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aurelian Coporan having to interfere. Bogdan Crivoi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Valeriu Ilinca in the 29th minute. In the 32nd minute, Mihail Nestor hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bogdan Crivoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergiu Coșeriu in the 32nd minute of the match. Sergiu Coșerius short, quick shot in the 37thth minute got Bogdan Crivoi to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 39th minute of the match Olympique de Marseille got a corner. Academia Rio's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Emil Nicoliță ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Emil Nicoliță almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Academia Rio's Aurelian Coporan did a great save. In the 40th minute Valer Stătescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aurelian Coporan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Olympique de Marseille's Bogdan Crivoi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dorel Nedelciu in the 45th minute of play. Bogdan Crivoi made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Sergiu Coșeriu sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Olympique de Marseille's Valer Stătescu got a free kick in the 47th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

55 minutes into the match, Olympique de Marseille's goal looked a bit too open when Dorel Nedelciu came free, but Bogdan Crivoi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 56th minute, Valer Stătescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bogdan Crivoi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sergiu Coșeriu in the 58th minute of play. 60 minutes had been played when some careless play by Academia Rio's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Emil Nicoliță was slow to take the kick. During this time Olympique de Marseille's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Olympique de Marseille's corner Ivan Lung fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Aurelian Coporan quite easily take care of the ball. After some careless play in the Olympique de Marseille defense, Sergiu Coșeriu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bogdan Crivoi. The Olympique de Marseille fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bogdan Crivoi should have stopped the shot. Olympique de Marseille's Bogdan Crivoi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radu Păvăloae in the 66th minute of play. After 67 minutes Olympique de Marseille's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Dumitru Pantelimon who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Adrian Blănaru heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Bogdan Crivoi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sergiu Coșeriu, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Adrian Blănaru's late challenge caught a Olympique de Marseille's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adrian Blănaru helped the player get up and apologised. In the 78th match minute, Academia Rio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adrian Blănaru to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Codrin Ionete in the 80th minute of play forced Olympique de Marseille's goalkeeper Bogdan Crivoi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Olympique de Marseille's Bogdan Crivoi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergiu Coșeriu in the 81st minute of play. In the 83rd minute, Sergiu Coșeriu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Valer Stătescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dorel Nedelciu took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bogdan Crivoi. Bogdan Crivoi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Ivan Lung kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Bogdan Crivoi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Radu Păvăloae, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.