Cluj Arena
Spectators: 7770 (Terracing: 5828,
Seating: 1787, VIP seats: 155) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Adam Avramescu got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the game, Adam Avramescu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Catalu's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Universitatea Cluj the free kick. In the 5th minute, Adam Avramescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gavril Chifu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Panait Alamaru went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Universitatea Cluj's Marcel Stănciulescu got a free kick in the 10th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Catalu's Adam Avramescu tried to score from far away in the 11th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Claudiu Haidău kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the match, Universitatea Cluj's goal looked a bit too open when Albert Musta came free, but Dan Ciuhandu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 15th minute, Universitatea Cluj's Emil Stănciulaş ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gavril Chifu. Gavril Chifu yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. After 20 minutes, Iurie Dobrinescu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Catalu and the Universitatea Cluj players grew even worse after the yellow card. Marcel Stănciulescu kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Adam Avramescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Catalu's supporters rose to their feet, but Adam Avramescu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dan Ciuhandu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Dan Ciuhandu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adam Avramescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Gavril Chifu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grigore Sfetcu in the 34th minute of the match. Dan Ciuhandu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adam Avramescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Barascu in the 41st minute of play forced Catalu's goalkeeper Gavril Chifu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Adrian Barascu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Universitatea Cluj's supporters rose to their feet, but Adrian Barascu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gavril Chifu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Grigore Sfetcu made a kick off. Grigore Sfetcu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Grigore Sfetcu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gavril Chifu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adrian Barascu went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Adrian Barascu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Gavril Chifu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Grigore Sfetcu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gavril Chifu having to interfere. In the 68th minute, Grigore Sfetcu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Universitatea Cluj fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Grigore Sfetcu spun around in front of the goal 72 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Catalu's goal. In the 79th minute, Panait Alamaru made a precise shot to the right of Gavril Chifu. Catalu's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. 81 minutes into the match, Universitatea Cluj's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Avramescu came free, but Dan Ciuhandu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gavril Chifu came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by Universitatea Cluj's Grigore Sfetcu. But to his dismay, Grigore Sfetcu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigore Sfetcu in the 88th minute of play forced Catalu's goalkeeper Gavril Chifu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Claudiu Haidău had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Felix Brădean during the 92nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Felix Brădean hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Panait Alamaru sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Universitatea Cluj's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.
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