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Spectators: 7000 (Terracing: 5750, Seating: 1246, VIP seats: 4) Toader Geantă started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Ionuț Baicea kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. FC Banat Steierdorf's Arne Võsandi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save FC Banat Steierdorf from getting a goal against them. 7 minutes into the match, Petrică Dragu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Panait Iorgu. F.C Rapid Bucuresti's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Petrică Dragu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Panait Iorgu came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Banat Steierdorf's Ferdinand Floroiu. But to his dismay, Ferdinand Floroiu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 17 minutes into the game, Toader Geantă lined in a short shot 1-2 behind a frustrated Arne Võsandi. Panait Iorgu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ferdinand Floroiu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 22nd minute, Dan Saare hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Ferdinand Floroiu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match clock showed 28 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Valeriu Gavruță sped through F.C Rapid Bucuresti's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Panait Iorgu. A collision led to FC Banat Steierdorf getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Emanuel Pârvan hit a great ball. When Toader Geantă fell near the penalty area in the 31st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored F.C Rapid Bucuresti's protests and gave Toader Geantă a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of FC Banat Steierdorf booed when F.C Rapid Bucuresti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Toader Geantă didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 34thth minute of the game Ferdinand Floroiu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but F.C Rapid Bucuresti's Panait Iorgu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 35 minutes F.C Rapid Bucuresti's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Vintilă Busuioceanu who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Vintilă Busuioceanu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Panait Iorgu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A sloppy throw-in by Ionuț Baicea in the 37th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by F.C Rapid Bucuresti's Petru Voineag. 38 minutes into the match, F.C Rapid Bucuresti's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel Pârvan came free, but Panait Iorgu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuel Pârvan in the 40th minute of play forced F.C Rapid Bucuresti's goalkeeper Panait Iorgu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. F.C Rapid Bucuresti's Panait Iorgu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valeriu Gavruță in the 42nd minute of play. F.C Rapid Bucuresti's Panait Iorgu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Petrică Dragu in the 43rd minute of play. In the 45th minute Petrică Dragu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Panait Iorgu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. F.C Rapid Bucuresti's Panait Iorgu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Petrică Dragu in the 47th minute of play. The F.C Rapid Bucuresti players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FC Banat Steierdorf were winning 1-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Petrică Dragu made a kick off. In the 51st match minute, F.C Rapid Bucuresti was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gigi Nae to maneuver through the defense. Panait Iorgu didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 52nd minute, which inside left pole to 1-4. Panait Iorgu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferdinand Floroiu in the 56th minute of the match. With a little luck, F.C Rapid Bucuresti's Panait Iorgu got control of the ball when Petrică Dragu tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 62nd match minute, F.C Rapid Bucuresti was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicu Ilinca to maneuver through the defense. Nicu Ilinca kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Panait Iorgu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valeriu Gavruță, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Ionuț Baicea could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Panait Iorgu made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valeriu Gavruță in the 73rd minute of play forced F.C Rapid Bucuresti's goalkeeper Panait Iorgu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, F.C Rapid Bucuresti's Horia Crețulescu got a free kick in the 74th minute. Panait Iorgu was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ferdinand Floroiu showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-5 in the 77 minute of play. Sever Enachescu's late challenge caught a FC Banat Steierdorf's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sever Enachescu helped the player get up and apologised. Sever Enachescu hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. F.C Rapid Bucuresti made a substitution. Lucian Niță replaced Luca Hârșu. The supporters of FC Banat Steierdorf booed when F.C Rapid Bucuresti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sever Enachescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 89 minutes, Panait Iorgu successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Valeriu Gavruță received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Panait Iorgu came out and tried to block the shot, but Valeriu Gavruță slotted it home off the left post making it 1-7 in the 91st minute. Panait Iorgu made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Valeriu Gavruță sent off a good shot on target. FC Banat Steierdorf played a much better game than F.C Rapid Bucuresti and deserved their victory. The F.C Rapid Bucuresti players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.