League

KONG FUZI ARENA
Spectators: 7511 (Terracing: 5634, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dinu Sticlaru started the match with the kick off. Victor Stroici fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Horaţiu Maleș having to interfere. If Victor Stroici had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Horaţiu Maleș took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nae Pavelescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With his leg Marius Hortopan managed to avoid a goal in the 23rdth minute, when KONG FUZI FC's Aurelian Petruț fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aurelian Petruț during the 26th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Aurelian Petruț hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Nae Pavelescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Horaţiu Maleș took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Stroici, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 37 minutes of play, Doar Dinamo Bucuresti's Nae Pavelescu made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Horaţiu Maleș was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dinu Sticlaru sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nae Pavelescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Horaţiu Maleș having to interfere. If Victor Stroici had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 50th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The wind increased when Nae Pavelescu made the kick off in the second half. Nae Pavelescu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Horaţiu Maleș read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. When Dinu Sticlaru came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the KONG FUZI FC 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 Dinu Sticlaru couldn't finish the play. Nae Pavelescu struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Horaţiu Maleș didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Doar Dinamo Bucuresti. Horaţiu Maleș took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nae Pavelescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Victor Stroici might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Horaţiu Maleș. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Victor Stroici ran back to his position shaking his head. Ştefan Iuga kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. A collision led to KONG FUZI FC getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Ştefan Iuga hit a great ball. 71 minutes into the match, Ciprian Vulcănescu sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Horaţiu Maleș threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Ciprian Vulcănescu this time. 72 minutes into the match, Doar Dinamo Bucuresti's Victor Stroici sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Horaţiu Maleș narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ştefan Iuga was shown his second yellow card after 73 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Ştefan Iuga kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Aurelian Petruț got his second yellow card in the match during the 75th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Aurelian Petruț kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, Doar Dinamo Bucuresti's Ciprian Vulcănescu tried to score from far away in the 77th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Nae Pavelescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Horaţiu Maleș was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. 90 minutes into the match, KONG FUZI FC's goal looked a bit too open when Nae Pavelescu came free, but Horaţiu Maleș reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Nae Pavelescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Doar Dinamo Bucuresti's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.