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CFR SIBIU Stadium
Spectators: 9225 (Terracing: 6920, Seating: 2122, VIP seats: 183) Terence Cowan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luca Dănilă in the 5th minute. In the 10th minute, Xavies Bedoya 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. The audience was convinced that Luca Dănilă's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Terence Cowan was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. In the 14th minute Napoleon Zdrojewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristo Nofre saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, CFR Sibiu's Stewart Copeland got a free kick in the 17th minute. Ben Diest sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Napoleon Zdrojewski charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Napoleon Zdrojewski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Crimson Knights getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Napoleon Zdrojewski hit a great ball. Crimson Knights's Terence Cowan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Dănilă in the 26th minute of play. Xavies Bedoya could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Terence Cowan made a huge save. Xavies Bedoya's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Terence Cowan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 33rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Crimson Knights's Duane Rose got a free kick in the 35th minute. 42 minutes into the match, CFR Sibiu's goal looked a bit too open when Napoleon Zdrojewski came free, but Cristo Nofre reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Evert Kjellberg kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. In the 47th minute of the match Duane Rose shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cristo Nofre showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Ben Diest made the kick off in the second half. Napoleon Zdrojewski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Cristo Nofre read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 52nd minute of play. Frances Pack hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. CFR Sibiu's Cristo Nofre proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save CFR Sibiu from getting a goal against them. Cristo Nofre made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ben Diest in the 62nd minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, Crimson Knights's goal looked a bit too open when Costel Novăceanu came free, but Terence Cowan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Crimson Knights's Terence Cowan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Dănilă in the 71st minute of play. In the 75th minute, Ben Diest made a precise shot to the right of Cristo Nofre. CFR Sibiu's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Crimson Knights made a substitution. Nathanial Rowley replaced Bengt-Rune Jonasson. CFR Sibiu's Cristo Nofre proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save CFR Sibiu from getting a goal against them. 81 minutes had been played when some careless play by CFR Sibiu's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Duane Rose was slow to take the kick. During this time Crimson Knights's players had a chance to rest. Duane Rose made a great header on Crimson Knights's corner, it was just that CFR Sibiu's Cristo Nofre managed to reach the ball for a save. Terence Cowan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costel Novăceanu in the 85th minute of play. Cristo Nofre stood somewhat misplaced when Napoleon Zdrojewski came free in front of goal and shot 0-3 to the left of him in the 87 minute. CFR Sibiu's Cristo Nofre played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ben Diest in the 91st minute of play. In the 94th minute, Stanimir Rashkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ben Diest fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristo Nofre having to interfere. The CFR Sibiu manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Crimson Knights to win.