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Ramblers Arena
Spectators: 8418 (Terracing: 6314, Seating: 1936, VIP seats: 168) Zheng Cheng Zheng started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zheng Cheng Zheng in the 7th 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. After some careless play in the New York Red Bulls defense, Zheng Cheng Zheng 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. Radu Barbălată showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vlad Zotincă, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Zheng Cheng Zheng blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Manole Iriza having to make a save. Radu Barbălată stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Iacob Buricea's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. In the 19th minute, Anton Voitiş 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 0-3. Zheng Cheng Zheng recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Zheng Cheng Zheng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Manole Iriza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Continental Buzau's Zheng Cheng Zheng in the 30th minute got a chance for a shot 30th 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. Manole Iriza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Virgil Glodeanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. After 36 minutes New York Red Bulls's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Moritz Regal who took care of the corner kick. Manole Iriza didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jiang Hong went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. Continental Buzau's Radu Barbălată proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Continental Buzau from getting a goal against them. Manole Iriza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zheng Cheng Zheng in the 46th minute of the match. The New York Red Bulls players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Continental Buzau were winning 0-6.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Iacob Buricea made a kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Jiang Hong 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 Jiang Hong was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. Manole Iriza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zheng Cheng Zheng, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Zheng Cheng Zheng could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Manole Iriza made a huge save. Manole Iriza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anton Voitiş, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 59th minute, Zheng Cheng Zheng left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Continental Buzau fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-8. Zheng Cheng Zheng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Manole Iriza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to New York Red Bulls getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Ion Neguțu hit a great ball. After 66 minutes of play, Continental Buzau's Zheng Cheng Zheng made it 0-9 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Manole Iriza was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Continental Buzau booed when New York Red Bulls was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniel Daraban didn't get a good kick on the ball. 73 minutes into the game, Jiang Hong cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-10. Manole Iriza was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Zheng Cheng Zheng sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 82nd play minutes Jiang Hong shot 0-13, a short shot which went by Manole Iriza and just under the crossbar into goal. Manole Iriza made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Zheng Cheng Zheng sent off a good shot on target. Manole Iriza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jiang Hong in the 87th minute of play. In the 89th minute Ion Neguțu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radu Barbălată saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Manole Iriza made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Zheng Cheng Zheng sent off a good shot on target. In the 90th minute, Continental Buzau's Zheng Cheng Zheng dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-14. Zheng Cheng Zheng fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manole Iriza having to interfere. In the 95th minute, Jiang Hong 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 0-15. When the final whistle sounded Continental Buzau left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than New York Red Bulls.