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C.S.U.CRAIOVA
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Alex Trifănucă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eusebiu Inculeț, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Narcis Reznic sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 7th minute Eusebiu Inculeț shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alex Trifănucă saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alex Trifănucă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pavel Măgherușan, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Eric Lupașcu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Răzvan Panaitescu in the 17th minute of the match. If Eusebiu Inculeț had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alex Trifănucă took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pavel Măgherușan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 28 minutes, Anton Băcioiu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ultramax1000 and the Hotesti players grew even worse after the yellow card. When the match clock showed 29 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Pavel Măgherușan sped through Ultramax1000's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Alex Trifănucă. Răzvan Panaitescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Eusebiu Inculeț might have been able to make a better finish in the 36th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alex Trifănucă. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eusebiu Inculeț ran back to his position shaking his head. Ultramax1000's Alex Trifănucă played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eusebiu Inculeț in the 40th minute of play. Romeo Ciompec took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 42nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Alex Trifănucă. Ultramax1000's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The audience was convinced that Pavel Măgherușan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alex Trifănucă was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. Alex Trifănucă made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eusebiu Inculeț in the 47th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Răzvan Panaitescu made the kick off in the second half. Eusebiu Inculeț could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Alex Trifănucă made a huge save. A hard shot by Romeo Ciompec from long distance, 59 minutes into the match, got Alex Trifănucă's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pavel Măgherușan in the 60th minute of play forced Ultramax1000's goalkeeper Alex Trifănucă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Ultramax1000's goal looked a bit too open when Pavel Măgherușan came free, but Alex Trifănucă reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eusebiu Inculeț sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to Ultramax1000 getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Manuel Stolojan hit a great ball. Romeo Ciompec, 80 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. Eusebiu Inculeț fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alex Trifănucă having to interfere. 87 minutes into the match, Ultramax1000's goal looked a bit too open when Pavel Măgherușan came free, but Alex Trifănucă reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Ultramax1000's Manuel Stolojan got a free kick in the 88th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Pavel Măgherușan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hotesti's supporters rose to their feet, but Pavel Măgherușan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alex Trifănucă breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 91 minutes into the match, Hotesti's Eusebiu Inculeț sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alex Trifănucă narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Eusebiu Inculeț received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Alex Trifănucă tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Anton Băcioiu hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Hotesti played a much better game than Ultramax1000 and deserved their victory. The Ultramax1000 players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.