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Arena Baron Neuman
Spectators: 7988 (Terracing: 5992, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Victor Dobrotă kicked off to start the match. Felix Tiberian's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aristide Iftodi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 4th minute of play. After 4 minutes, Sandu Niculiță mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CF REALCipri and the ITA Arad players grew even worse after the yellow card. Sandu Niculiță hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Victor Dobrotă got free with Aristide Iftodi in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 8th minute Codruț Calota shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cazimir Axinte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 10 minutes into the match, Codruț Calota notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ITA Arad's Cazimir Axinte. Cazimir Axinte was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Valeriu Marin struck a weak shot in the 13th minute. Cazimir Axinte didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for CF REALCipri. 15 minutes into the game, Codruț Calota cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Cazimir Axinte was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the match clock showed 20 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Codruț Calota sped through ITA Arad's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Cazimir Axinte. Aurel Zeciu struck a weak shot in the 23rd minute. Cazimir Axinte didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for CF REALCipri. Cazimir Axinte came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by CF REALCipri's Viorel Cordescu. But to his dismay, Viorel Cordescu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. The audience was convinced that Aurel Zeciu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cazimir Axinte was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. 32 minutes into the match, ITA Arad's Pavel Crăciunescu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aristide Iftodi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 38 minutes into the game, CF REALCipri's Valeriu Marin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cazimir Axinte made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. Aristide Iftodi was out of position in the 45 minute of play, and Pavel Crăciunescu capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Pavel Crăciunescu really showed his touch with that goal: 1-6. With a little luck, CF REALCipri's Aristide Iftodi got control of the ball when Pavel Crăciunescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-6.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Codruț Calota was the one to do the kick off. Aurel Zeciu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Cazimir Axinte made a huge save. Sandu Niculiță received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Cazimir Axinte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 56th minute, Valeriu Marin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cazimir Axinte was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-7. Codruț Calota sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 61st minute, Sandu Niculiță 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. Aurel Zeciu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Cazimir Axinte made a huge save. In the 64th play minute Valeriu Marin came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Cazimir Axinte. 1-8. A collision led to ITA Arad getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Felix Tiberian hit a great ball. Codruț Calota blasted a shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cazimir Axinte having to make a save. Through an outstanding action, after 77 minutes, Cazimir Axinte successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Aristide Iftodi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Tiberian in the 80th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Tiberian in the 82nd minute of play forced CF REALCipri's goalkeeper Aristide Iftodi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. CF REALCipri's Aristide Iftodi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felix Tiberian in the 82nd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 84 minutes, Valeriu Marin took a quick shot and it went in 1-10 without a chance for Cazimir Axinte to make any attempt to save it. Valeriu Marin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 86th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. CF REALCipri's Aristide Iftodi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pavel Crăciunescu in the 88th minute of play. After 89 played minutes CF REALCipri got a freekick which was hit by Viorel Cordescu. Aristide Iftodi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Dobrotă, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cazimir Axinte made an important save on a dangerous shot by Valeriu Marin in the 92nd minute. In the 95th minute Flavius Balaci shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cazimir Axinte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Felix Tiberian sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. CF REALCipri's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.