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CampNou de Giulesti
Spectators: 7771 (Terracing: 5829, Seating: 1787, VIP seats: 155) 7 minutes into the game, Eric Dascălu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. RapidBarcelona's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Rapid București the free kick. A collision led to RapidBarcelona getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Eric Dascălu hit a great ball. In the 9th match minute, RapidBarcelona was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eric Dascălu to maneuver through the defense. Narcis Lucan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vali Cercelescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Narcis Lucan came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by Rapid București's Vali Cercelescu. But to his dismay, Vali Cercelescu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. The crowd rose to their feet as RapidBarcelona's Olimpiu Remus slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Bobby Ares. That made the score 1-1 after 15 minutes of play. The audience was convinced that Olimpiu Remus's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bobby Ares was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Panait Vătafu's late challenge caught a Rapid București's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Panait Vătafu helped the player get up and apologised. Panait Vătafu kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. RapidBarcelona's Narcis Lucan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Avram Dănănae in the 37th minute of play. Rapid București's Stelian Tutuianu managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Cornel Grigoroiu in the 39 minute of the game. Narcis Lucan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vali Cercelescu in the 42nd minute of the match. In the 44th minute, Mugurel Izvoranu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to RapidBarcelona getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Sergiu Stănoiu hit a great ball. Damian Zafiu charged in rather forcefully in the 48th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Damian Zafiu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Rapid București getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Damian Zafiu hit a great ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Olimpiu Remus to make the kick off. Vali Cercelescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, RapidBarcelona's Narcis Lucan got control of the ball when Iosif Pantelimon tried to sneak it across the goal line. Vali Cercelescu struck a weak shot in the 69th minute. Narcis Lucan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Rapid București. 74 minutes into the match, Avram Dănănae notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of RapidBarcelona's Narcis Lucan. Narcis Lucan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Olimpiu Remus fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bobby Ares having to interfere. In the 87th minute, Vali Cercelescu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Narcis Lucan. The goal made the score 1-3. Avram Dănănae sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Narcis Lucan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vali Cercelescu in the 92nd minute. When the final whistle sounded Rapid București left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than RapidBarcelona.