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Sipotele
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nae Tomoiu took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 7 minutes of play, PHOENIX BUCURESTI's Nae Tomoiu made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cezar Iriza was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nae Tomoiu during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, PHOENIX BUCURESTI's Nae Tomoiu got a free kick in the 13th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Senin in the 16th minute of play forced PHOENIX BUCURESTI's goalkeeper Virgil Cândrea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by PHOENIX BUCURESTI's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Adrian Lupescu was slow to take the kick. During this time Sipotele SC's players had a chance to rest. Grigore Nicodim hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Alex Senin put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Virgil Cândrea. A collision led to PHOENIX BUCURESTI getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Eric Surugiu hit a great ball. Adrian Lupescu took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 24th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Virgil Cândrea. PHOENIX BUCURESTI's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 27th minute, Alex Senin 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. 31 minutes into the game, Nae Tomoiu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Cezar Iriza was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With a little luck, PHOENIX BUCURESTI's Virgil Cândrea got control of the ball when Nechifor Morozan tried to sneak it across the goal line. 39 minutes into the match, PHOENIX BUCURESTI's Nae Tomoiu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cezar Iriza narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Alex Senin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Virgil Cândrea was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alex Senin made a kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nae Tomoiu in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cezar Iriza prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Nae Tomoiu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Cezar Iriza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 61st minute, Eric Surugiu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nechifor Morozan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Virgil Cândrea having to interfere. Virgil Cândrea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Senin in the 64th minute of the match. Cezar Iriza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Costică Ţugui in the 67th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the match, Nae Tomoiu notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Sipotele SC's Cezar Iriza. Cezar Iriza was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nae Tomoiu in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cezar Iriza saved Sipotele SC from getting behind. During the 86th minute of the match Nae Tomoiu completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Nae Tomoiu a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of Sipotele SC booed when PHOENIX BUCURESTI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nae Tomoiu didn't get a good kick on the ball. 91 minutes into the match, PHOENIX BUCURESTI's goal looked a bit too open when Alex Senin came free, but Virgil Cândrea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alex Senin succeeded in the game's 92nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Robert Apostolescu during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 96th match minute, PHOENIX BUCURESTI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robert Apostolescu to maneuver through the defense. The PHOENIX BUCURESTI supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing PHOENIX BUCURESTI would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.