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ILLOVSZKY STADIN
Spectators: 7381 (Terracing: 5641, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 11) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gheorghe Nanu got the match started through his kick off. Dumitru Luțu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 7th minute Cristi Scorţea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eliodor Ghionescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eliodor Ghionescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gheorghe Nanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. The audience was convinced that Cristi Scorţea's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eliodor Ghionescu was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by ARADI VASAS FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ion Buciuman was slow to take the kick. During this time Tociloasa UFC's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of ARADI VASAS FC's goalie and right to Mihail Tastaman. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. ARADI VASAS FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Eliodor Ghionescu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cristi Scorţea's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. A collision led to ARADI VASAS FC getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Marius Giurcă hit a great ball. 39 minutes into the match, ARADI VASAS FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cristi Scorţea came free, but Eliodor Ghionescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leonard Puric, 42 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dumitru Luțu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes of play ARADI VASAS FC's Marius Giurcă was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 53 played minutes ARADI VASAS FC got a freekick which was hit by Marius Giurcă. Cristi Scorţea who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 58thth minute tested the skills of Eliodor Ghionescu when he managed to save the team from getting behind. When Tociloasa UFC's Iulian Buzescu in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ARADI VASAS FC's goalie prevented a goal. Eliodor Ghionescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gheorghe Nanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 69th minute Ion Stoicescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Toader Diculescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 70 minutes of play, ARADI VASAS FC's Ion Stoicescu made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Toader Diculescu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nechifor Lupeanu hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Cristi Scorţea scored 2-1 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eliodor Ghionescu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match had gone on for 77 minutes, Gheorghe Nanu took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Eliodor Ghionescu to make any attempt to save it. Tociloasa UFC's Gheorghe Nanu got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristi Scorţea got free with Eliodor Ghionescu in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Tociloasa UFC's Gheorghe Nanu in the 92nd minute got a chance for a shot 92nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ARADI VASAS FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind ARADI VASAS FC's goalkeeper Eliodor Ghionescu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Cristi Scorţea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Tociloasa UFC players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented ARADI VASAS FC from taking control. The game ends in a draw.