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Spectators: 7984 (Terracing: 5989, Seating: 1836, VIP seats: 159) Sabin Tatomir hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Augustin Bălăiță made an important save on a dangerous shot by Victor Dobrotă in the 5th minute. Augustin Bălăiță was out of position in the 5 minute of play, and Victor Dobrotă capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Victor Dobrotă really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Daniel Sterescu took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dacian Vrabie. Dacian Vrabie dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. In the 11th match minute, Gzpn Timisoara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fernando Olo to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mavrudi Chapalov during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 13th match minute, Gzpn Timisoara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mavrudi Chapalov to maneuver through the defense. In the 14th minute Victor Dobrotă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Augustin Bălăiță saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dacian Vrabie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernando Olo, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. In the 16th minute, Dan Scutaru made a precise shot to the right of Dacian Vrabie. ITA Arad's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. 19 minutes into the match, Daniel Sterescu notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of ITA Arad's Dacian Vrabie. Dacian Vrabie was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dacian Vrabie made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fernando Olo in the 22nd minute of play. Dacian Vrabie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Sterescu in the 23rd minute of the match. 26 minutes into the game, Daniel Sterescu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Dacian Vrabie was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 29 minutes into the match, Fernando Olo notched a goal, 1-5, to the right of ITA Arad's Dacian Vrabie. Dacian Vrabie was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 33 minutes into the game, Gzpn Timisoara's Fernando Olo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dacian Vrabie made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-6. In the 35th minute, Dan Scutaru ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dacian Vrabie was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-7. Daniel Sterescu kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, ITA Arad's Felix Tiberian got a free kick in the 38th minute. 40 minutes into the game, Dan Scutaru cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-8. Dacian Vrabie was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The Gzpn Timisoara fans' excitement grew in the 43rd match minute when Gzpn Timisoara's Daniel Sterescu looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-9 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Dacian Vrabie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mavrudi Chapalov, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Dobrotă in the 47th minute of play forced Gzpn Timisoara's goalkeeper Augustin Bălăiță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 1-9 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Victor Dobrotă was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of ITA Arad booed when Gzpn Timisoara was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mavrudi Chapalov didn't get a good kick on the ball. 52 minutes into the game, Victor Dobrotă cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-9. Augustin Bălăiță was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 54th match minute, ITA Arad was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristi Velicu to maneuver through the defense. Dacian Vrabie took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sabin Tatomir, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 57th minute, Fernando Olo made a precise shot to the right of Dacian Vrabie. ITA Arad's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-10. The crowd rose to their feet as Sabin Tatomir kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dacian Vrabie. That made the score 2-11 in the 61 minute of play. Dacian Vrabie didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 64th minute, which inside left pole to 2-12. ITA Arad's Dacian Vrabie proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save ITA Arad from getting a goal against them. Daniel Sterescu succeeded in the game's 72nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-14. Dacian Vrabie was a little too slow when Fernando Olo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 76th minute. The score was now 2-15. ITA Arad's Dacian Vrabie proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save ITA Arad from getting a goal against them. ITA Arad's Dacian Vrabie played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sabin Tatomir in the 82nd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Sterescu got free with Dacian Vrabie in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Daniel Sterescu's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 86thth minute, Dacian Vrabie skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 90th minute, Daniel Sterescu made a precise shot to the right of Dacian Vrabie. ITA Arad's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-17. Dacian Vrabie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sabin Tatomir, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Gzpn Timisoara's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.