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Arpadia
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Toader Focșa started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Aron Mirciulescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 7 minutes into the game, Olimpiu Cozmâncă was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC.Ripensia-Timisoara's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Arpadia the free kick. A collision led to FC.Ripensia-Timisoara getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Olimpiu Cozmâncă hit a great ball. Moise Bojin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Zbârlea in the 11th minute of play. Pompiliu Suşu struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Moise Bojin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC.Ripensia-Timisoara. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 14th minute of the game. One of Arpadia:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of FC.Ripensia-Timisoara:s goal. In the 16th minute there was a penalty for FC.Ripensia-Timisoara. Iurie Poplăcean stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Moise Bojin. 0-1. Manuel Zbârlea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Moise Bojin having to interfere. Victor Târcă scored 0-2 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Moise Bojin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Olimpiu Cozmâncă received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Moise Bojin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 31 minutes into the game, FC.Ripensia-Timisoara's Basarab Hobjilă nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Moise Bojin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. The supporters of Arpadia booed when FC.Ripensia-Timisoara was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Basarab Hobjilă didn't get a good kick on the ball. Manuel Zbârlea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Moise Bojin having to interfere. FC.Ripensia-Timisoara's Olimpiu Cozmâncă got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Moise Bojin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Manuel Zbârlea went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Manuel Zbârlea to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes had been played when some careless play by Arpadia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Iurie Poplăcean was slow to take the kick. During this time FC.Ripensia-Timisoara's players had a chance to rest. In the 55th minute, Victor Târcă 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. A collision led to Arpadia getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. David Gioagă hit a great ball. Alexandru Neculuță struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Moise Bojin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC.Ripensia-Timisoara. In the 62nd minute, Manuel Zbârlea made a precise shot to the right of Moise Bojin. Arpadia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 65th minute, but Moise Bojin got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving Arpadia hanging dry this time. 67 minutes into the game, Victor Târcă cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Moise Bojin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 70th match minute, FC.Ripensia-Timisoara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manuel Zbârlea to maneuver through the defense. Alexandru Neculuță was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 73rd minute. FC.Ripensia-Timisoara's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Manuel Zbârlea's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 75thth minute, Moise Bojin skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olimpiu Cozmâncă in the 78th minute of play forced Arpadia's goalkeeper Moise Bojin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Arpadia defense, Manuel Zbârlea kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Moise Bojin. The Arpadia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Moise Bojin should have stopped the shot. Moise Bojin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aron Mirciulescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 90 minutes of play, FC.Ripensia-Timisoara's Olimpiu Cozmâncă made it 0-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Moise Bojin was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Arpadia booed when FC.Ripensia-Timisoara was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexandru Neculuță didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Dinu Ciprian fell near the penalty area in the 96th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Arpadia's protests and gave Dinu Ciprian a yellow card for diving instead. Dinu Ciprian kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match.