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POLITEHNICA IASI
Spectators: 7957 (Terracing: 5969, Seating: 1830, VIP seats: 158) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dragoş Stamatiu took the kick off in the first half of the match. Aurelian Stroia didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leontin David went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. A collision led to Poli Iași getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Horea Vâlcu hit a great ball. FC Dunarea Galati's Nicolae Hăvârneanu couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 7th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Poli Iași. 17 minutes into the match, Nicodim Mihu notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Poli Iași's Aurelian Stroia. Aurelian Stroia was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match clock showed 20 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Nicodim Mihu sped through Poli Iași's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Aurelian Stroia. In the 25th minute, Nicodim Mihu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aurelian Stroia was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Aurelian Stroia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicolae Hăvârneanu in the 33rd minute of the match. Aurelian Stroia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicodim Mihu, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Manuel Muntian sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 41st match minute, FC Dunarea Galati was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leontin David to maneuver through the defense. In the 42nd minute of the match Olimpiu Luca shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Liviu Sfetcu showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Disappointed in the 1-6 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Manuel Muntian made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rdth minute of the game Dragoş Stamatiu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Dunarea Galati's Liviu Sfetcu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Olimpiu Luca's late challenge caught a FC Dunarea Galati's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Olimpiu Luca helped the player get up and apologised. Liviu Sfetcu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dragoş Stamatiu in the 64th minute of the match. 64 minutes into the match, FC Dunarea Galati's goal looked a bit too open when Dragoş Stamatiu came free, but Liviu Sfetcu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When FC Dunarea Galati's Gigi Hurmuzescu in the 68th minute got a chance for a shot 68th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Poli Iași's goalie prevented a goal. Gigi Hurmuzescu might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aurelian Stroia. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gigi Hurmuzescu ran back to his position shaking his head. Aurelian Stroia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manuel Muntian, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. The audience was convinced that Manuel Muntian's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aurelian Stroia was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. Aurelian Stroia didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nicodim Mihu went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-7 was the resulting score. Aurelian Stroia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicodim Mihu, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 84th minute Nicodim Mihu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aurelian Stroia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 84 minutes into the game, Marius Zamfir was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Poli Iași's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Dunarea Galati the free kick. After a rather tough play, Poli Iași's Marius Zamfir got a free kick in the 84th minute. After a rather tough play, Poli Iași's Horea Vâlcu got a free kick in the 85th minute. In the 86th minute Nicolae Hăvârneanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aurelian Stroia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Poli Iași defense, Manuel Muntian kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aurelian Stroia. The Poli Iași fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aurelian Stroia should have stopped the shot. FC Dunarea Galati's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.