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Spectators: 8008 (Terracing: 6008, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Manuel Muntian got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute, Jarl Kilstedt ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tiberiu Paulică was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Ferdinand Bunoaică hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. In the 15th minute, Giovani da Rocha made a precise shot to the right of Tiberiu Paulică. FC Dunarea Galati's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. When the match clock showed 18 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Giovani da Rocha sped through FC Dunarea Galati's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tiberiu Paulică. In the 22nd minute, Albert Baltian left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ProRapid fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. In the 30th minute, Giovani da Rocha made a precise shot to the right of Tiberiu Paulică. FC Dunarea Galati's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. A collision led to FC Dunarea Galati getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Ferdinand Bunoaică hit a great ball. In the 35th minute of the match Norberto Cresconio shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tiberiu Paulică showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 37thth minute of the game Giovani da Rocha who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Dunarea Galati's Tiberiu Paulică was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Jarl Kilstedt came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the ProRapid fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jarl Kilstedt couldn't finish the play. 40 minutes into the match, FC Dunarea Galati's goal looked a bit too open when Endrik Verde came free, but Tiberiu Paulică reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to FC Dunarea Galati getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Ferdinand Bunoaică hit a great ball. When Giovani da Rocha came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the ProRapid fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Giovani da Rocha couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the FC Dunarea Galati defense, Giovani da Rocha kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tiberiu Paulică. The FC Dunarea Galati fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tiberiu Paulică should have stopped the shot. Giovani da Rocha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Disappointed in the 0-8 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Giovani da Rocha stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Giovani da Rocha's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tiberiu Paulică read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 52nd minute of play. Endrik Verde received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tiberiu Paulică came out and tried to block the shot, but Endrik Verde slotted it home off the left post making it 0-9 in the 55th minute. Norberto Cresconio took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 60th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tiberiu Paulică. FC Dunarea Galati's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 61stth minute of the game Endrik Verde who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Dunarea Galati's Tiberiu Paulică was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. FC Dunarea Galati's Tiberiu Paulică played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Endrik Verde in the 65th minute of play. In the 66th minute, Endrik Verde ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tiberiu Paulică was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-10. Ilie Enciu's late challenge caught a ProRapid's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ilie Enciu helped the player get up and apologised. The audience thought a goal was coming when Giovani da Rocha got free with Tiberiu Paulică in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tiberiu Paulică didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when ProRapid's Giovani da Rocha shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-11 in the ordered_time% minute. FC Dunarea Galati's Tiberiu Paulică proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save FC Dunarea Galati from getting a goal against them. Endrik Verde was extremely unlucky when he, in the 78th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Giovani da Rocha might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tiberiu Paulică. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Giovani da Rocha ran back to his position shaking his head. Giovani da Rocha might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tiberiu Paulică. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Giovani da Rocha ran back to his position shaking his head. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Giovani da Rocha in the 84th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tiberiu Paulică saved FC Dunarea Galati from getting behind. After a defensive mix-up in FC Dunarea Galati's zone, Giovani da Rocha stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tiberiu Paulică came out of the goal and Giovani da Rocha tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. FC Dunarea Galati's defense didn't have a chance, in the 88th minute, when Giovani da Rocha scored to the left of an out of position Tiberiu Paulică, making the score, 0-12. An unexpectedly hard shot by Endrik Verde in the 94th minute of play forced FC Dunarea Galati's goalkeeper Tiberiu Paulică to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of FC Dunarea Galati booed when ProRapid was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Giovani da Rocha didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the final whistle sounded ProRapid left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC Dunarea Galati.