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Bogdan Apostol
Spectators: 8121 (Terracing: 6093, Seating: 1867, VIP seats: 161) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Romeo Mutu made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeo Mutu in the 3rd minute of play forced Fc Gimmel Baia Mare-MM-'s goalkeeper Ovidiu Dincă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 8 minutes into the match, FC. Stiinta Cluj's goal looked a bit too open when Cui Zhen Yong came free, but Cristinel Mihăescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christian Vedillo got free with Ovidiu Dincă in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. FC. Stiinta Cluj were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after Fc Gimmel Baia Mare-MM-'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alkinoos Karezis took the corner. Anthony Bussi hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. In the 16thth minute of the game Grigore Moșanu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC. Stiinta Cluj's Cristinel Mihăescu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Grigore Moșanu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 19th match minute, Fc Gimmel Baia Mare-MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iacob Bogătean to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the FC. Stiinta Cluj defense, Cui Zhen Yong kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cristinel Mihăescu. The FC. Stiinta Cluj fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cristinel Mihăescu should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Romeo Mutu kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ovidiu Dincă. That made the score 2-1 in the 29 minute of play. Cristinel Mihăescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sorin Floreanu in the 35th minute of the match. The corner ended in Sorin Floreanu almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC. Stiinta Cluj's Cristinel Mihăescu did a great save. In the 36th minute, Iacob Bogătean hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ovidiu Dincă made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christian Vedillo in the 42nd minute. After a rather tough play, FC. Stiinta Cluj's Fabrice Van Steen got a free kick in the 46th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigore Moșanu in the 47th minute of play forced FC. Stiinta Cluj's goalkeeper Cristinel Mihăescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Vedillo in the 51st minute of play forced Fc Gimmel Baia Mare-MM-'s goalkeeper Ovidiu Dincă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, FC. Stiinta Cluj's Mei Jian De got a free kick in the 53rd minute. 54 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 Cui Zhen Yong. Ovidiu Dincă showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romeo Mutu in the 56th minute of the match. In the 57th minute FC. Stiinta Cluj were awarded a corner. Alkinoos Karezis went to the cornerflag to take it. Ovidiu Dincă took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jose Sidoro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 64 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 Cui Zhen Yong. Ovidiu Dincă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jose Sidoro, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Eduard Ghionaru kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. In the 72nd match minute, Fc Gimmel Baia Mare-MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduard Ghionaru to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Vedillo in the 73rd minute of play forced Fc Gimmel Baia Mare-MM-'s goalkeeper Ovidiu Dincă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cui Zhen Yong could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Cristinel Mihăescu made a huge save. FC. Stiinta Cluj's Cristinel Mihăescu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save FC. Stiinta Cluj from getting a goal against them. 82 minutes into the match, Fc Gimmel Baia Mare-MM-'s Daniel Onega sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cristinel Mihăescu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 84th minute, Petru Gugea ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ovidiu Dincă was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. After a rather tough play, Fc Gimmel Baia Mare-MM-'s Eduard Ghionaru got a free kick in the 86th minute. Ovidiu Dincă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alkinoos Karezis, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. FC. Stiinta Cluj's Cristinel Mihăescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grigore Moșanu in the 90th minute of play. Eduard Ghionaru hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Fc Gimmel Baia Mare-MM-'s zone, Romeo Mutu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ovidiu Dincă came out of the goal and Romeo Mutu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.