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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The supporters of Barbutza booed when costobocii was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Costică Dragomiroiu didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Denis Cozorici in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eric Simionescu saved costobocii from getting behind. When the match clock showed 17 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Mugur Geantă sped through costobocii's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Eric Simionescu. Andrei Blidaru charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Andrei Blidaru the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Andrei Blidaru was shown his second yellow card after 27 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to costobocii getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Andrei Blidaru hit a great ball. Eric Simionescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Denis Cozorici, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 33 minutes into the game, Barbutza's Denis Cozorici nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eric Simionescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After having played for 38 minutes, Denis Cozorici managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Barbutza's supporters crossed their fingers, but Denis Cozorici was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Eric Simionescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mugur Geantă in the 40th minute of the match. costobocii's Eric Simionescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mugur Geantă in the 42nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mugur Geantă in the 45th minute of play forced costobocii's goalkeeper Eric Simionescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Costică Dragomiroiu kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Eric Simionescu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Denis Cozorici's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. The audience was convinced that Denis Cozorici's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eric Simionescu was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind costobocii's goalkeeper Eric Simionescu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Eric Simionescu had great luck who in the 65thth minute grab hold of the ball when Denis Cozorici from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Mugur Geantă's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 71stth minute, Eric Simionescu skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 75 minutes costobocii's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mugur Geantă who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Petru Goma heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. A collision led to costobocii getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Luca Bărcăuan hit a great ball. Luca Bărcăuan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Luca Bărcăuan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 91 minutes into the match, Nichifor Mumuleanu notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Barbutza's Lucrețiu Stafie. Lucrețiu Stafie was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match was over Barbutza could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than costobocii throughout the match.