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Cordesti
Spectators: 7719 (Terracing: 5790, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cristi Boeru got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Augustin Stroia was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC!Empire!Costy squad ™'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Batcari the free kick. In the 4th minute, Augustin Stroia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Martin Chițes kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. After 9 played minutes FC!Empire!Costy squad ™ got a freekick which was hit by Aurelian Iovulescu. After 10 played minutes, Batcari's Irinel Mincă shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Eric Jitaru came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Batcari reached it. After having played for 13 minutes, Augustin Stroia managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC!Empire!Costy squad ™'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Augustin Stroia was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Batcari's Vlad Ştefănoiu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Barnabé Sellier in the 18th minute of play. 19 minutes into the match, Batcari's Martin Chițes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eric Jitaru narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 22 minutes, Martin Chițes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Batcari and the FC!Empire!Costy squad ™ players grew even worse after the yellow card. If Cristi Boeru had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Batcari's Vlad Ştefănoiu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Barnabé Sellier in the 26th minute of play. Cristi Boeru recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Vlad Ştefănoiu was a little too slow when Cristi Boeru got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 36th minute. The score was now 2-0. In the 41st minute, Ioan Stolniceanu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eric Jitaru was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ioan Stolniceanu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Eric Jitaru made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cornel Hrean in the 53rd minute. After a rather tough play, Batcari's Narcis Voican got a free kick in the 55th minute. Barnabé Sellier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Vlad Ştefănoiu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Barnabé Sellier kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. FC!Empire!Costy squad ™'s Eric Jitaru played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cornel Hrean in the 65th minute of play. Eric Jitaru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cornel Hrean in the 69th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 78 minutes, Eric Jitaru successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 84th minute, Augustin Stroia made a precise shot to the right of Vlad Ştefănoiu. Batcari's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. Vlad Ştefănoiu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristi Boeru, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Vlad Ştefănoiu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Barnabé Sellier in the 89th minute of the match. 92 minutes into the match, FC!Empire!Costy squad ™'s goal looked a bit too open when Cornel Hrean came free, but Eric Jitaru reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vlad Ştefănoiu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Barnabé Sellier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. FC!Empire!Costy squad ™ fully deserved thier win.