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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Andrei Tunar kicked off to start the match. FC RMR's Andrei Tunar got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Andrei Tunar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 11th minute, Horaţiu Sfârlea left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Politehnica Timisoara fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Ovidiu Bran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Doru Andrieșanu in the 14th minute of the match. After some careless play in the FC RMR defense, Doru Andrieșanu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ovidiu Bran. The FC RMR fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ovidiu Bran should have stopped the shot. Ovidiu Bran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Doru Andrieșanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. The supporters of Politehnica Timisoara booed when FC RMR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andrei Tunar didn't get a good kick on the ball. 31 minutes into the match, Andrei Tunar dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Iosif Balaban, 1-2. FC RMR's Ovidiu Bran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horaţiu Sfârlea in the 34th minute of play. Andrei Bârsan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Andrei Tunar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iosif Balaban having to interfere. Iosif Balaban didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andrei Tunar went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Horaţiu Sfârlea in the 44th minute of play forced FC RMR's goalkeeper Ovidiu Bran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Matei Vişoianu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iosif Balaban having to interfere. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Doru Andrieșanu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ovidiu Bran made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Cazimir Pietreanu sent off a good shot on target. Ovidiu Bran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Doru Andrieșanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 58 minutes into the game, Andrei Bârsan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC RMR's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Politehnica Timisoara the free kick. Andrei Bârsan kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. When Andrei Tunar came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the FC RMR fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Andrei Tunar couldn't finish the play. Ovidiu Bran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Octavian Dumitrana in the 71st minute of play. In the 76th minute Andrei Tunar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iosif Balaban saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ovidiu Bran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Doru Andrieșanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. The supporters of Politehnica Timisoara booed when FC RMR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andrei Bârsan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Iosif Balaban took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Denis Sterescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Iosif Balaban didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andrei Bârsan went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Andrei Tunar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Andrei Bârsan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Iosif Balaban having to make a save. Iosif Balaban made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrei Bârsan in the 94th minute of play.