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Speranta arena
Spectators: 7526 (Terracing: 5645, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Fc DăRmĂnEşTi's Vintilă Arnăuțoiu started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 0-1 became the score in the 4th minute when Grigore Gherghescu elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 7th minute Vintilă Arnăuțoiu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristian Aldescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 8th match minute, Speranta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcu Găvan to maneuver through the defense. Fc DăRmĂnEşTi's Iordache Cristea proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Fc DăRmĂnEşTi from getting a goal against them. Codrin Groza might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Iordache Cristea. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Codrin Groza ran back to his position shaking his head. Iordache Cristea stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Codrin Groza's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. Bogdan Iuonaș fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iordache Cristea having to interfere. Bogdan Iuonaș received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Iordache Cristea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Fc DăRmĂnEşTi's Nichifor Bratoloveanu got a free kick in the 19th minute. Codrin Groza's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Iordache Cristea read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 21st minute of play. Fc DăRmĂnEşTi's Iordache Cristea proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Fc DăRmĂnEşTi from getting a goal against them. In the 30th minute, Dacian Lixandru hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristian Aldescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vintilă Arnăuțoiu in the 33rd minute of the match. Speranta's Cristian Aldescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vintilă Arnăuțoiu in the 35th minute of play. The supporters of Fc DăRmĂnEşTi booed when Speranta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dacian Lixandru didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcu Găvan in the 43rd minute of play forced Fc DăRmĂnEşTi's goalkeeper Iordache Cristea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Codrin Groza made a kick off. After a rather tough play, Speranta's Bogdan Iuonaș got a free kick in the 67th minute. If Bogdan Iuonaș had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Grigore Gherghescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cristian Aldescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Grigore Gherghescu went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Codrin Groza in the 84th minute of play forced Fc DăRmĂnEşTi's goalkeeper Iordache Cristea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 90th minute, Bogdan Iuonaș 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. Codrin Groza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Fc DăRmĂnEşTi's Cristinel Anton got a free kick in the 93rd minute. The Speranta fans' excitement grew in the 97th match minute when Speranta's Codrin Groza looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Although Speranta had been in control for most of the match, Fc DăRmĂnEşTi still came away with the win.