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Hall of Valhalla
Spectators: 7981 (Terracing: 5987, Seating: 1835, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nistor Alupulesei started the match with the kick off. 2 minutes into the match, Nistor Alupulesei notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's Vlad Covrig. Vlad Covrig was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 7th minute Adrian Bârsan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Johny Peers saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nistor Alupulesei in the 9th minute of play forced PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's goalkeeper Vlad Covrig to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vlad Covrig took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nistor Alupulesei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nistor Alupulesei in the 13th minute of play forced PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's goalkeeper Vlad Covrig to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pufesti FC's Johny Peers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogdan Rebengiuc in the 19th minute of play. PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's Vlad Covrig played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ionel Hurezan in the 21st minute of play. Vlad Covrig showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nistor Alupulesei in the 22nd minute of the match. Mircea Jupân's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 24thth minute, Johny Peers skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Adrian Bârsan managed to get in a good position for a shot. PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's supporters rose to their feet, but Adrian Bârsan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Johny Peers breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mircea Jupân received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Johny Peers tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 30th minute, Mircea Jupân got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 31st minute, Eric Astafei hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Viorel Giurcă put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Vlad Covrig. In the 45th minute, Bogdan Rebengiuc hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

Nistor Alupulesei took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vlad Covrig. Vlad Covrig dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. After 57 minutes, George Gurlui mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca and the Pufesti FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 57th minute, George Gurlui hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Calistrat Şerbănescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Johny Peers having to interfere. After 66 minutes of play, Pufesti FC's Viorel Giurcă made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vlad Covrig was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Ionel Hurezan took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Vlad Covrig to make any attempt to save it. With a little luck, PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's Vlad Covrig got control of the ball when Ionel Hurezan tried to sneak it across the goal line. 75 minutes into the match, PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's goal looked a bit too open when Dinu Tănase came free, but Vlad Covrig reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gualter Gaspar hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. In the 84th minute Nistor Alupulesei shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vlad Covrig saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vlad Covrig showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nistor Alupulesei, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Vlad Covrig showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dinu Tănase, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. When the match was over Pufesti FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca throughout the match.