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Spectators: 10875 (Terracing: 8157, Seating: 2501, VIP seats: 217) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ali Nurettin took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Pinner Cluj-Napoca's Mugurel Gârniceanu seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Mugurel Gârniceanu the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Pinner Cluj-Napoca protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Mugurel Gârniceanu had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The goalkeeper, Jalmari Mikkonen, was totally fooled by Cormoranii -MM-'s Carmine Gargano, who 4 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Matt De Ligt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Primo Speranza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Romeo Vlas hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Primo Speranza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ali Nurettin, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. If Ali Nurettin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Primo Speranza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Nurettin in the 16th minute of the match. Jalmari Mikkonen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Godfredo Elazar's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. In the 28th minute, Ivan Lundberg made a precise shot to the right of Jalmari Mikkonen. Pinner Cluj-Napoca's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Jalmari Mikkonen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carmine Gargano in the 39th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petruț Mircescu in the 40th minute of play forced Cormoranii -MM-'s goalkeeper Primo Speranza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Godfredo Elazar's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 43rdth minute, Jalmari Mikkonen skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 45th match minute, Cormoranii -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Godfredo Elazar to maneuver through the defense. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Petruț Mircescu in the 51st minute of play forced Cormoranii -MM-'s goalkeeper Primo Speranza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Primo Speranza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Nurettin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jalmari Mikkonen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carmine Gargano in the 53rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Cormoranii -MM-'s Elce Teleagă got a free kick in the 56th minute. In the 62nd minute of the match Cormoranii -MM- got a corner. Pinner Cluj-Napoca's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Charles-Emmanuel Caux ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Kajetan Ruszkowski almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Pinner Cluj-Napoca's Jalmari Mikkonen did a great save. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pinner Cluj-Napoca's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Charles-Emmanuel Caux was slow to take the kick. During this time Cormoranii -MM-'s players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Godfredo Elazar managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carmine Gargano in the 69th minute of play forced Pinner Cluj-Napoca's goalkeeper Jalmari Mikkonen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pinner Cluj-Napoca made a substitution. Adam Vasilache replaced Petruț Mircescu. Jalmari Mikkonen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carmine Gargano, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Through an outstanding action, after 80 minutes, Primo Speranza successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Primo Speranza didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 91st minute, which inside left pole to 2-3. Although Cormoranii -MM- had been in control for most of the match, Pinner Cluj-Napoca still came away with the win.