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Vivant Arena
Spectators: 10968 (Terracing: 8227, Seating: 2523, VIP seats: 218) Liviu Botnaru made the kick off and thus started the match. After having played for 3 minutes, Hilário Bento managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Vivant's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hilário Bento was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ghenadie Burlea hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Larry Hallam kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dragos Ciuche. That made the score 1-0 in the 7 minute of play. Ştefan Iovan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Dragos Ciuche tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Larry Hallam received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dragos Ciuche came out and tried to block the shot, but Larry Hallam slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 12th minute. In the 15th minute, Larry Hallam left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Vivant fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. 20 minutes into the game, Larry Hallam cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Dragos Ciuche was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Larry Hallam's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dragos Ciuche was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Dragos Ciuche was a little too slow when Hilário Bento got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 31st minute. The score was now 6-0. After a defensive mix-up in Centru FC's zone, Larry Hallam stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dragos Ciuche came out of the goal and Larry Hallam tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 37 minutes into the match, Larry Hallam had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dragos Ciuche. Centru FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Larry Hallam was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. Larry Hallam took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dragos Ciuche. Dragos Ciuche dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. When Larry Hallam came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Vivant fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Larry Hallam couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Centru FC's zone, Larry Hallam stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dragos Ciuche came out of the goal and Larry Hallam tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Centru FC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Marian Vântu hit a great ball. In the 48th minute of the match Marin Lipets shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dragos Ciuche showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 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 8-0.

The wind increased when Larry Hallam made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Larry Hallam left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Vivant fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-0. Hilário Bento took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dragos Ciuche. Dragos Ciuche dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 11-0. Dragos Ciuche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hilário Bento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dragos Ciuche came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by Vivant's Larry Hallam. But to his dismay, Larry Hallam quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 12-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Larry Hallam in the 69th minute of play forced Centru FC's goalkeeper Dragos Ciuche to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by Centru FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marin Lipets was slow to take the kick. During this time Vivant's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Vivant's Marin Lipets to fire away a dangerous shot which Dragos Ciuche despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 74 minutes into the match, Firmin Mendialdura notched a goal, 13-0, to the right of Centru FC's Dragos Ciuche. Dragos Ciuche was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dragos Ciuche came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by Vivant's Hilário Bento. But to his dismay, Hilário Bento quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 14-0. 15-0 became the score in the 82nd minute when Larry Hallam elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Dragos Ciuche came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by Vivant's Larry Hallam. But to his dismay, Larry Hallam quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 16-0. In the 88th minute, Larry Hallam ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dragos Ciuche was frozen by the shot and now it was 17-0. Marin Lipets received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Dragos Ciuche tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 94 minutes of play, Vivant's Marin Lipets made it 18-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dragos Ciuche was left in no man's land by his defense there! There was no doubt that Vivant were the better team. Vivant's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.