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Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Emanuel Barbu made the kick off and thus started the match. With a little luck, Hope AFC's Valentin Hâjdău got control of the ball when Mugur Milcu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Valentin Hâjdău showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernest Strugure in the 4th minute of the match. Corneliu Chirea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Valentin Hâjdău tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Corneliu Chirea took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Valentin Hâjdău to make any attempt to save it. After 10 minutes, Nae Neguțu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the TAXI-MM- and the Hope AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, TAXI-MM-'s Nae Neguțu got a free kick in the 10th minute. Valentin Hâjdău showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mugur Milcu, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Hope AFC were furious when Petruț Aursulesei was red carded, 22 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 23rd match minute, Hope AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Petruț Aursulesei to maneuver through the defense. 24 minutes into the game, TAXI-MM-'s Ernest Strugure nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Valentin Hâjdău made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. After 28 played minutes, Hope AFC's Adrian Tâbârnă shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Damian Şoiman came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Hope AFC reached it. Damian Şoiman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Răzvan Verzea, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. If Eric Sântimbrean had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 42nd minute, TAXI-MM-'s Mircea Necșulescu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 5-0. In the 47th minute Emanuel Barbu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damian Şoiman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

After having played for 51 minutes, Ernest Strugure managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TAXI-MM-'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Ernest Strugure was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Valentin Hâjdău showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mugur Milcu in the 53rd minute of the match. Valentin Hâjdău made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Corneliu Chirea in the 54th minute of play. Valentin Hâjdău didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nae Neguțu went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. Valentin Hâjdău took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mircea Necșulescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Damian Şoiman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eric Sântimbrean, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Eric Sântimbrean had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 65th match minute, TAXI-MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mugur Milcu to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eric Sântimbrean in the 66th minute of play forced TAXI-MM-'s goalkeeper Damian Şoiman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eric Sântimbrean blasted a shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Damian Şoiman having to make a save. Valentin Hâjdău showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mugur Milcu, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. After some careless play in the Hope AFC defense, Mugur Milcu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Valentin Hâjdău. The Hope AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Valentin Hâjdău should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mugur Milcu in the 76th minute of play forced Hope AFC's goalkeeper Valentin Hâjdău to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 78 minutes of play, TAXI-MM-'s Corneliu Chirea made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valentin Hâjdău was left in no man's land by his defense there! Valentin Hâjdău showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mugur Milcu, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. After a rather tough play, TAXI-MM-'s Nae Neguțu got a free kick in the 85th minute. Eric Sântimbrean fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Damian Şoiman having to interfere. Mircea Necșulescu hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. In the 92nd minute, Mugur Milcu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Valentin Hâjdău was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-0. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. TAXI-MM- fully deserved thier win.