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Gottlob
Spectators: 7675 (Terracing: 5757, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mihăiţă Siniştean took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Narcis Mardare made a precise shot to the right of Avram Bârsan. Crangaşi United's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Cristian Ivasiuc charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cristian Ivasiuc the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 5th minute, Cristian Ivasiuc hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mihăiţă Siniştean hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. After 8 played minutes, Gottlob's Horia Georgescu shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Avram Bârsan came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Gottlob reached it. 11 minutes into the match, Crangaşi United's goal looked a bit too open when Horia Georgescu came free, but Avram Bârsan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 13th minute, Crangaşi United's Alexandru Alexa seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Alexandru Alexa the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Crangaşi United protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Alexandru Alexa had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After a rather tough play, Crangaşi United's Alexandru Alexa got a free kick in the 14th minute. Horia Georgescu struck a weak shot in the 15th minute. Avram Bârsan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Gottlob. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Narcis Mardare in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Avram Bârsan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience thought a goal was coming when Horia Georgescu got free with Avram Bârsan in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mihnea Şerbănescu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Avram Bârsan made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Narcis Mardare sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Mihnea Şerbănescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gottlob's supporters rose to their feet, but Mihnea Şerbănescu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Avram Bârsan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Avram Bârsan made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Narcis Mardare sent off a good shot on target. Avram Bârsan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Narcis Mardare in the 27th minute of play. Adam Aluculesei didn't quite understand what happened when in the 30 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. Narcis Mardare took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Avram Bârsan. Avram Bârsan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Crangaşi United's Avram Bârsan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Narcis Mardare in the 37th minute of play. Crangaşi United's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Narcis Mardare 41 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 3-0. Narcis Mardare could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 46th minute of the match, but Avram Bârsan made a huge save. Mihnea Şerbănescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Avram Bârsan having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Narcis Mardare stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Narcis Mardare recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Avram Bârsan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Narcis Mardare in the 54th minute of play. If Horia Georgescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Flavius Onofrei's late challenge caught a Gottlob's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Flavius Onofrei helped the player get up and apologised. Avram Bârsan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Narcis Mardare in the 65th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Narcis Mardare's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Avram Bârsan was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Crangaşi United's Vali Bârsescu got a free kick in the 69th minute. Gottlob's Horia Georgescu got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 73rd minute, Crangaşi United's Mihăiţă Siniştean ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marcel Bilașco. Marcel Bilașco yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. Narcis Mardare received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Avram Bârsan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Avram Bârsan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Narcis Mardare in the 83rd minute of play. In the 85th minute, Horia Georgescu 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. Crangaşi United's Avram Bârsan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mihnea Şerbănescu in the 90th minute of play.