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Ceaunul Roșu
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1480, VIP seats: 20) In the 4th minute, Honorato Estebano 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. Beržas Lideika made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Honorato Estebano in the 7th minute of play. MARIUS MARCOV's Zdzislaw Zagrodny proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save MARIUS MARCOV from getting a goal against them. Ingvar Bergström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Beržas Lideika tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 15 minutes into the game, Alex Baciu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Rapid Bucharest's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave MARIUS MARCOV the free kick. In the 15th match minute, Rapid Bucharest was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Baciu to maneuver through the defense. Costică Tăcutu took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Beržas Lideika. Beržas Lideika dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. MARIUS MARCOV's Teodor Duțulescu got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Rapid Bucharest's Ionel Siniştean got a free kick in the 20th minute. Gelu Ioniță's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 22ndth minute, Zdzislaw Zagrodny skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. MARIUS MARCOV's Zdzislaw Zagrodny proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save MARIUS MARCOV from getting a goal against them. Beržas Lideika took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Honorato Estebano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nichifor Tremurici during the 26th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to MARIUS MARCOV getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Nichifor Tremurici hit a great ball. With 28 minutes on the clock, Ştefan Ifrim commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 29 played minutes Rapid Bucharest got a freekick which was hit by Ştefan Ifrim. The audience was convinced that Honorato Estebano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Beržas Lideika was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. MARIUS MARCOV's Ingvar Bergström was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Beržas Lideika in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 36th minute, Gelu Ioniță 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. Ionel Siniştean kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Honorato Estebano in the 38th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Beržas Lideika prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match clock showed 38 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Honorato Estebano sped through Rapid Bucharest's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Beržas Lideika. 0-3 became the score in the 42nd minute when Teodor Duțulescu elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. The Rapid Bucharest players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. MARIUS MARCOV were winning 0-3.

The wind increased when Gelu Ioniță made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, Ingvar Bergström recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Beržas Lideika. Ingvar Bergström showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-4. Costică Tăcutu's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Beržas Lideika firmly grabbed it by the left post. A collision led to MARIUS MARCOV getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Strong Phoenix hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Gelu Ioniță's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zdzislaw Zagrodny was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. Emanuel de Godoi hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gelu Ioniță in the 65th minute of play forced MARIUS MARCOV's goalkeeper Zdzislaw Zagrodny to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute, Octav Cristea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 74 played minutes Rapid Bucharest got a freekick which was hit by Octav Cristea. Beržas Lideika was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Ingvar Bergström. Gelu Ioniță fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zdzislaw Zagrodny having to interfere. Octav Cristea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Zdzislaw Zagrodny tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 81st play minute Honorato Estebano came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Beržas Lideika. 0-5. If Gelu Ioniță had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 93rd match minute, MARIUS MARCOV was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dorel Horhoianu to maneuver through the defense. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched MARIUS MARCOV eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.