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FC.Braila-Chercea
Spectators: 7998 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1839, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nichifor Ignea made the kick off which started today's match. Tibor Berkes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Vedillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tibor Berkes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Vedillo in the 4th minute of the match. 5 minutes into the match, FC. Stiinta Cluj's goalkeeper Cristinel Mihăescu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nichifor Ignea. Tibor Berkes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romeo Mutu, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petru Gugea in the 11th minute of play forced FC. BRAILA-CHERCEA's goalkeeper Tibor Berkes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC. BRAILA-CHERCEA's Aktan Topel got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nichifor Ignea could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Cristinel Mihăescu made a huge save. In the 24th minute, Erhan Demir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to FC. Stiinta Cluj getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Christian Vedillo hit a great ball. FC. BRAILA-CHERCEA's Tibor Berkes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jose Sidoro in the 34th minute of play. 1-1 became the score in the 35th minute when Nichifor Ignea elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 39 minutes into the match, Jose Sidoro notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of FC. BRAILA-CHERCEA's Tibor Berkes. Tibor Berkes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a little luck, FC. Stiinta Cluj's Cristinel Mihăescu got control of the ball when Nichifor Ignea tried to sneak it across the goal line. After the first half FC. Stiinta Cluj were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Romeo Mutu made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, FC. BRAILA-CHERCEA's goalkeeper Tibor Berkes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Christian Vedillo. Tibor Berkes made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Mei Jian De sent off a good shot on target. Cristinel Mihăescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Efrain Cresconio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC. BRAILA-CHERCEA's Tibor Berkes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romeo Mutu in the 60th minute of play. In the 68th minute, Mei Jian De hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tibor Berkes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romeo Mutu in the 70th minute of play. In the 73rd minute Jose Sidoro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tibor Berkes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tibor Berkes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romeo Mutu, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. In the 75th minute of the match, Jose Sidoro tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Tibor Berkes saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 77 minutes into the match, FC. BRAILA-CHERCEA's goalkeeper Tibor Berkes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Christian Vedillo. In the 79th minute, Romeo Mutu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tibor Berkes. The goal made the score 1-3. A collision led to FC. Stiinta Cluj getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Petru Gugea hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeo Mutu in the 85th minute of play forced FC. BRAILA-CHERCEA's goalkeeper Tibor Berkes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Basarab Tiberian kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. FC. BRAILA-CHERCEA's Nichifor Ignea got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Vedillo in the 92nd minute of play forced FC. BRAILA-CHERCEA's goalkeeper Tibor Berkes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tibor Berkes made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Fabrice Van Steen sent off a good shot on target. FC. Stiinta Cluj's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.