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Cotenesti
Spectators: 7513 (Terracing: 5635, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Petru Andronic kicked off to start the match. Valer Ilie received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Marcel Voinea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Petru Andronic in the 5th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marcel Voinea prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Adrian Balcan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 10th minute, Petru Andronic left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Braglez fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. If Valer Ilie had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 19th minute Petru Andronic shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcel Voinea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 20 minutes Cotenesti FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Petru Andronic who took care of the corner kick. Leonard Nicodim was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Marcel Voinea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adrian Balcan, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Balcan in the 30th minute of play forced Cotenesti FC's goalkeeper Marcel Voinea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcel Voinea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucian Nicorici, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cosmin Iuga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ştefan Lucaci, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Cosmin Iuga made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leonard Lovinescu in the 40th minute. 41 minutes into the match, Valer Ilie had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcel Voinea. Cotenesti FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Valer Ilie was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ştefan Lucaci made a kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Cotenesti FC's zone, Adrian Balcan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcel Voinea came out of the goal and Adrian Balcan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Petru Andronic managed to get in a good position for a shot. Braglez's supporters rose to their feet, but Petru Andronic was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcel Voinea breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 63rd match minute, Cotenesti FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gavril Hreapcă to maneuver through the defense. Marcel Voinea made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Adrian Balcan sent off a good shot on target. When the match clock showed 70 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Adrian Balcan sped through Cotenesti FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Marcel Voinea. The audience was convinced that Ştefan Lucaci's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cosmin Iuga was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Marcel Voinea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Petru Andronic, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Cotenesti FC defense, Adrian Balcan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcel Voinea. The Cotenesti FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcel Voinea should have stopped the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Cotenesti FC's zone, Adrian Balcan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcel Voinea came out of the goal and Adrian Balcan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Marcel Voinea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Petru Andronic in the 91st minute of the match. Adrian Balcan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Braglez played a much better game than Cotenesti FC and deserved their victory. The Cotenesti FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.