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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tivadar Demeter made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ştefan Iovan in the 4th minute of play forced Hungary's goalkeeper Ferenc Tököli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Niculae Ailenei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tivadar Demeter in the 5th minute of the match. Ferenc Tököli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emanuel Mălăele, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. When Romania's Serginho Ramos in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Hungary's goalie prevented a goal. Kálmán Pádár hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Arthur Clarke put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Ferenc Tököli. Niculae Ailenei made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tivadar Demeter in the 14th minute. In the 18th minute, Tivadar Demeter ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Niculae Ailenei was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Ferenc Tököli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Eugen in the 28th minute of play. Niculae Ailenei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tivadar Demeter in the 34th minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, Tivadar Demeter notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Romania's Niculae Ailenei. Niculae Ailenei was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Romania getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Iustin Bâru hit a great ball. A throw-in in the 39th minute of the game was made by Gigi Joanță with Alex Eugen as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Niculae Ailenei didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Richárd Nyilasi went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Iustin Bâru stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Hungary's goalkeeper Ferenc Tököli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 53 minutes into the match, Hungary's goal looked a bit too open when Alex Eugen came free, but Ferenc Tököli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Tivadar Demeter's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Niculae Ailenei was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Through an outstanding action, after 66 minutes, Ferenc Tököli successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Romania's Corneliu Cozac was substituted for Liviu Maghiran. Romania's Isac Zub was substituted for Serginho Ramos. Hungary's Pál Polyák was substituted for Rómeó Lukaku. Romania's Ciprian Toma was substituted for Iustin Bâru. Hungary's Lajos Szatmári was substituted for Áron Bódog. In the 74th minute, Ciprian Toma 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. Niculae Ailenei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from László Gácsi in the 76th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pál Polyák in the 79th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Niculae Ailenei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Hungary's Zsolt Székely got a free kick in the 80th minute. In the 81st minute Richárd Nyilasi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niculae Ailenei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arthur Clarke in the 82nd minute of play forced Hungary's goalkeeper Ferenc Tököli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Romania's Niculae Ailenei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by László Gácsi in the 85th minute of play. With a little luck, Hungary's Ferenc Tököli got control of the ball when Arthur Clarke tried to sneak it across the goal line. 92 minutes into the match, Arthur Clarke dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ferenc Tököli, 3-2. Hungary were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Romania for a fine match.