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F.C.STEAUA SIBIU
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gelu Scaeru made the kick off which started today's match. Radu Crivoi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aristide Datcu in the 6th minute of play. 8 minutes into the game, Damian Giurăscu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Tiberiu Baican was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 12 minutes of play, Predoni's Gelu Scaeru made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Radu Crivoi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gelu Scaeru came free with the goalkeeper in the 26th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Radu Crivoi could save by the left post. Predoni's Tiberiu Baican played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Muntian in the 31st minute of play. In the 35th minute, Aristide Datcu 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. Aristide Iordache took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 39th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tiberiu Baican. Predoni's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a rather tough play, Predoni's Vali Bobailă got a free kick in the 40th minute. When Mihai Frățilă came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the AAMrFane 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 Mihai Frățilă couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Alex Tâlvescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. AAMrFane's supporters rose to their feet, but Alex Tâlvescu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tiberiu Baican breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alex Tâlvescu to make the kick off. In the 59th minute, Aristide Datcu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Predoni fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. It was beautiful to see Predoni's Vali Bobailă in action when he in the 66th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Predoni were furious when Vali Bobailă was red carded, 69 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 70th minute, Vali Bobailă hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emanuel Trapcea kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Mihai Frățilă might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tiberiu Baican. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mihai Frățilă ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doru Urduban in the 76th minute of play forced AAMrFane's goalkeeper Radu Crivoi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A hard shot 80 in the game by Alex Tâlvescu from a close distance when the talented Tiberiu Baican managed to make a qualified save. Predoni's players were relieved. Tiberiu Baican was a little too slow when Martin Muntian got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 81st minute. The score was now 2-2. Gelu Scaeru blasted a shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Radu Crivoi having to make a save. Radu Crivoi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marius Zorlescu in the 92nd minute of play. Radu Crivoi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gelu Scaeru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Despite being the better team, Predoni failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.