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Spectators: 8431 (Terracing: 6324, Seating: 1939, VIP seats: 168) In the 4th minute Nistor Anton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victor Negara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rovine Craiova's Victor Negara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nistor Anton in the 7th minute of play. 11 minutes into the game, Manole Frunză was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Rovine Craiova's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Purcaresti CSS the free kick. After a rather tough play, Rovine Craiova's Manole Frunză got a free kick in the 11th minute. Cătălin Trică made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manole Frunză in the 13th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jyrki Saarelainen got free with Cătălin Trică in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alexandru Tudorică received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Cătălin Trică tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 18th minute, Nistor Anton left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Purcaresti CSS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 23rd minute Manole Frunză shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cătălin Trică saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 26th minute Gabriel Măliță shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victor Negara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cătălin Trică took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shen Xi Bang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Victor Negara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferdinand Arghiroiu in the 30th minute of play. Victor Negara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iustin Radovan in the 33rd minute of play. After 34 minutes Rovine Craiova's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was David Zamfirescu who took care of the corner kick. In the 35th minute, Andrei Dumitrache hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alexandru Tudorică hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. If Jyrki Saarelainen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 46 minutes into the match, Rovine Craiova's Manole Frunză sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cătălin Trică narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The Rovine Craiova players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Purcaresti CSS were winning 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Manole Frunză to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Purcaresti CSS's Iustin Radovan dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. Victor Negara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pavel Mazăre in the 57th minute of play. Ferdinand Arghiroius short, quick shot in the 59thth minute got Victor Negara to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Rovine Craiova's Victor Negara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iustin Radovan in the 63rd minute of play. When the match clock showed 66 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Manole Frunză sped through Purcaresti CSS's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Cătălin Trică. In the 71stth minute of the game Manole Frunză who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Purcaresti CSS's Cătălin Trică was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 72nd minute Rovine Craiova were awarded a corner. Marcu Vârjean went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iustin Radovan in the 73rd minute of play forced Rovine Craiova's goalkeeper Victor Negara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Shen Xi Bang fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cătălin Trică having to interfere. A collision led to Purcaresti CSS getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Andrei Dumitrache hit a great ball. In the 84th minute, Shen Xi Bang got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 90th match minute, Rovine Craiova was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kacper Štilić to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Manole Frunză's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cătălin Trică was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. Rovine Craiova's Victor Negara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iustin Radovan in the 96th minute of play. The Purcaresti CSS players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.