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FC DINAMO BUCURESTI
Spectators: 8033 (Terracing: 6025, Seating: 1848, VIP seats: 160) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Iurie Miclescu made the kick off which started today's match. Alkın Berksan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ştefan Ifrim having to make a save. Vintilă Tiberiu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francisc Agulescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Petruț Buteanu might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ştefan Ifrim. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Petruț Buteanu ran back to his position shaking his head. Vintilă Tiberiu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francisc Agulescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 12 minutes MARIUS MARCOV's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ionel Siniştean who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Ionel Siniştean got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Vintilă Tiberiu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. MARIUS MARCOV's Vintilă Tiberiu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iurie Miclescu in the 14th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisc Agulescu in the 22nd minute of play forced MARIUS MARCOV's goalkeeper Vintilă Tiberiu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Iurie Miclescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vintilă Tiberiu was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. Aurelian Buzincu's late challenge caught a Rapid Bucharest's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aurelian Buzincu helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisc Agulescu in the 33rd minute of play forced MARIUS MARCOV's goalkeeper Vintilă Tiberiu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 35th minute Rapid Bucharest were awarded a corner. Ionel Siniştean went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Damian Boia got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Vintilă Tiberiu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 41st minute, Octav Cristea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of MARIUS MARCOV booed when Rapid Bucharest was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Octav Cristea didn't get a good kick on the ball. MARIUS MARCOV's attentive Petruț Buteanu managed to snatch the ball when Octav Cristea made a throw-in in the 46th minute of the game. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the 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. Aurelian Buzincu was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Petruț Buteanu notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Rapid Bucharest's Ştefan Ifrim. Ştefan Ifrim was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of MARIUS MARCOV booed when Rapid Bucharest was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Traian Cimpoieru didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 58th minute, Alkın Berksan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ştefan Ifrim was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Eliodor Iosifian's late challenge caught a MARIUS MARCOV's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eliodor Iosifian helped the player get up and apologised. With a little luck, MARIUS MARCOV's Vintilă Tiberiu got control of the ball when Iurie Miclescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 70th minute of the match Rapid Bucharest got a corner. MARIUS MARCOV's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ionel Siniştean ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 73rd minute of the match, Iurie Miclescu got a very nice opportunity to score, but Vintilă Tiberiu was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 74th minute Rapid Bucharest were awarded a corner. Ionel Siniştean went to the cornerflag to take it. 77 minutes into the match, Aurelian Buzincu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ştefan Ifrim. Rapid Bucharest's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aurelian Buzincu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Ionel Siniştean managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rapid Bucharest's supporters rose to their feet, but Ionel Siniştean was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vintilă Tiberiu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 84th minute, Emanuel de Godoi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rapid Bucharest made a substitution. Valeriu Apăvăloaie replaced Damian Boia. In the 96th minute, Emanuel de Godoi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. MARIUS MARCOV had won after a very even match.