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Maoo United Stadium
Spectators: 7528 (Terracing: 5647, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Victor Neguțu made the kick off and thus started the match. After a rather tough play, Fc. Botosani's Flavius Stelea got a free kick in the 4th minute. Cornel Condeescu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gigel Afloroaiei read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 15th minute of play. Gigel Afloroaiei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cornel Condeescu in the 17th minute of the match. If David Stroia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Victor Neguțu came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Tintava is Back 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 Victor Neguțu couldn't finish the play. David Stroia came free with the goalkeeper in the 26th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Eric Niculcea could save by the left post. If David Stroia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cătălin Stoicescu charged in rather forcefully in the 29th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cătălin Stoicescu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After having played for 30 minutes, David Stroia managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tintava is Back's supporters crossed their fingers, but David Stroia was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Victor Neguțu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Eric Niculcea read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. In the 34thth minute of the game Victor Neguțu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fc. Botosani's Eric Niculcea was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mircea Joja was the one to do the kick off. Eric Niculcea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Stroia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gigel Afloroaiei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mircea Joja in the 56th minute of the match. Tintava is Back's Gigel Afloroaiei proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Tintava is Back from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Mircea Joja's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gigel Afloroaiei was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. Mircea Joja fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gigel Afloroaiei having to interfere. The supporters of Tintava is Back booed when Fc. Botosani was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Răzvan Giugiuc didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Tintava is Back's Nichifor Ploieșteanu got a free kick in the 73rd minute. The supporters of Tintava is Back booed when Fc. Botosani was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cornel Condeescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Eric Niculcea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Stroia in the 82nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Fc. Botosani's Răzvan Giugiuc got a free kick in the 82nd minute. In the 84th minute, David Stroia 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. Mircea Joja received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Gigel Afloroaiei tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cornel Condeescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gigel Afloroaiei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mircea Joja, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute.