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Spectators: 8457 (Terracing: 6344, Seating: 1944, VIP seats: 169) Iacob Buricea started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 2nd minute, Alexandru Tudorică hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. New York Red Bulls's Manole Iriza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save New York Red Bulls from getting a goal against them. Manole Iriza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manole Frunză, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th minute, Shen Xi Bang reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Manole Iriza. The goal made the score 1-0. Manole Iriza made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Oscar Caballero sent off a good shot on target. Manole Iriza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manole Frunză, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandru Tudorică in the 25th minute of play forced New York Red Bulls's goalkeeper Manole Iriza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 31 minutes into the match, Alexandru Tudorică had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Manole Iriza. New York Red Bulls's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alexandru Tudorică was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. After a rather tough play, New York Red Bulls's Vintilă Adam got a free kick in the 35th minute. Shen Xi Bang did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 4-0 to the left of a surprised Manole Iriza 36 minutes into the match. In the 39th match minute, Rovine Craiova was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manole Frunză to maneuver through the defense. With an all-out effort, Rovine Craiova's Manole Iriza threw himself towards the right post 41 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Shen Xi Bang, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Jyrki Saarelainen received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Manole Iriza came out and tried to block the shot, but Jyrki Saarelainen slotted it home off the left post making it 5-0 in the 42nd minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Manole Frunză was the one to do the kick off. Manole Iriza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jyrki Saarelainen in the 51st minute of the match. Manole Iriza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexandru Tudorică, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Rovine Craiova's Ahmad Abedzadeh got control of the ball when Vintilă Adam tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 54th minute, Manole Frunză ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Manole Iriza was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. In the 57th match minute, New York Red Bulls was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristinel Alamaru to maneuver through the defense. Manole Iriza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shen Xi Bang in the 60th minute of the match. Jyrki Saarelainen scored 7-0 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Manole Iriza, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 65 minutes into the match, New York Red Bulls's goal looked a bit too open when Manole Frunză came free, but Manole Iriza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jyrki Saarelainen in the 66th minute of play forced New York Red Bulls's goalkeeper Manole Iriza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oscar Caballero scored 8-0 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Manole Iriza, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 70th minute, Manole Frunză made a precise shot to the right of Manole Iriza. New York Red Bulls's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 9-0. 73 minutes into the game, Alexandru Tudorică cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 10-0. Manole Iriza was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Manole Iriza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manole Frunză in the 76th minute of the match. Manole Iriza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manole Frunză, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Manole Iriza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shen Xi Bang in the 80th minute of the match. Manole Iriza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shen Xi Bang in the 82nd minute of the match. When Rovine Craiova's Manole Frunză in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye New York Red Bulls's goalie prevented a goal. After some careless play in the New York Red Bulls defense, Jyrki Saarelainen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Manole Iriza. The New York Red Bulls fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Manole Iriza should have stopped the shot. Manole Frunză might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Manole Iriza. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Manole Frunză ran back to his position shaking his head. New York Red Bulls's Manole Iriza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jyrki Saarelainen in the 91st minute of play. Daniel Daraban's late challenge caught a Rovine Craiova's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Daniel Daraban helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, New York Red Bulls's Daniel Daraban got a free kick in the 92nd minute. In the 93rd minute, Shen Xi Bang left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rovine Craiova fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 13-0. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Rovine Craiova had played much better football throughout.