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Craiova City
Spectators: 7583 (Terracing: 5688, Seating: 1744, VIP seats: 151) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Grigore Preda made the kick off which started today's match. Nistor Ipătescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toader Berbec, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gelu Cîrțu charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gelu Cîrțu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 7th match minute, Craiova FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gelu Cîrțu to maneuver through the defense. In the 8th minute, Teodor Popeneciu 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. Grigore Preda in the 10thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ciprian Gaiță, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Manuel Simionescu kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Craiova FC's Vasile Grozuță slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ciprian Gaiță. That made the score 1-0 after 12 minutes of play. Ciprian Gaiță stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Grigore Preda's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Iustin Ungheanu during the 18th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 18th minute, Iustin Ungheanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 19 minutes, Toader Berbec managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC MINERUL's supporters crossed their fingers, but Toader Berbec was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Grigore Preda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Ciprian Gaiță tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to FC MINERUL getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Ivan Varga hit a great ball. If Luca Mandache had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 33rd minute, Manuel Simionescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 34th minute, one of FC MINERUL:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FC MINERUL. Nistor Ipătescu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Toader Berbec's shot from short distance in the 42nd minute.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Toader Berbec was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes into the game, Luca Mandache cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Ciprian Gaiță was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Teodor Popeneciu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Nistor Ipătescu made a huge save. Ciprian Gaiță showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grigore Preda in the 57th minute of the match. Ciprian Gaiță showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grigore Preda, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Nistor Ipătescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toader Berbec, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Craiova FC's Nistor Ipătescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toader Berbec in the 71st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cazimir Lopatnicu in the 73rd minute of play forced FC MINERUL's goalkeeper Ciprian Gaiță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Grigore Preda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 79th minute, Iordache Mustăcilă hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Grigore Preda blasted a shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ciprian Gaiță having to make a save. Ciprian Gaiță showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grigore Preda, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. With a little luck, Craiova FC's Nistor Ipătescu got control of the ball when Teodor Popeneciu tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 85th match minute, Craiova FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gelu Cîrțu to maneuver through the defense. Nistor Ipătescu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Teodor Popeneciu in the 86th minute. Nistor Ipătescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toader Berbec, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 89th play minutes Grigore Preda shot 6-0, a short shot which went by Ciprian Gaiță and just under the crossbar into goal.