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Poplaca
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Marin Beșliu started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute, Emanuel Encuțescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 6 minutes, Valentin Tapalagă mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Poplaca FCM and the Beius players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 6th minute, Valentin Tapalagă hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristinel Cluceru made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolae Arnăuțescu in the 9th minute of play. After 9 played minutes Beius got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Encuțescu. In the 10th minute Marin Beșliu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Horea Foltea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aurelian Peptan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Horea Foltea made a huge save. Cristinel Cluceru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Laurențiu Spânu in the 17th minute of the match. Cristinel Cluceru took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicolae Arnăuțescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 35th minute Nicolae Arnăuțescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristinel Cluceru saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gigel Arvinte hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. 42 minutes into the match, Poplaca FCM's goal looked a bit too open when Laurențiu Spânu came free, but Cristinel Cluceru reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aurelian Peptan came free with the goalkeeper in the 44th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Horea Foltea could save by the left post. 48 minutes into the match, Aurelian Peptan notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Beius's Horea Foltea. Horea Foltea was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nicolae Arnăuțescu made a kick off. Nicolae Arnăuțescu received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Cristinel Cluceru came out and tried to block the shot, but Nicolae Arnăuțescu slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 54th minute. Ionică Roșeanu came free with the goalkeeper in the 57th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Cristinel Cluceru could save by the left post. Cristinel Cluceru was out of position in the 60 minute of play, and Nicolae Arnăuțescu capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Nicolae Arnăuțescu really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. In the 66th minute, Nicolae Arnăuțescu fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 69th minute Aurelian Peptan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Horea Foltea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Laurențiu Spânu hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. 74 minutes into the match, Marin Beșliu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Horea Foltea. Beius's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marin Beșliu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. In the 82nd minute Marin Beșliu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Horea Foltea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Beius defense, Marin Beșliu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Horea Foltea. The Beius fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Horea Foltea should have stopped the shot. 96 minutes into the match, Beius's goal looked a bit too open when Marin Beșliu came free, but Horea Foltea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 97th minute the ball was on its way in behind Beius's goalkeeper Horea Foltea, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Beius's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.