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Dan Paltinisanu
Spectators: 8084 (Terracing: 6064, Seating: 1859, VIP seats: 161) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Alkın Yaren kicked off to start the match. Ionel Coporan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dacian Mărăscu, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Ionel Coporan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dacian Mărăscu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 7 minutes of play, Harau AFC's Viorel Oncu made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Allan Lumi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Johnny Stallone received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Allan Lumi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 11th minute, Nae Ştiubei left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Harau AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 16th minute Johnny Stallone shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Allan Lumi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dacian Mărăscu's late challenge caught a Harau AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dacian Mărăscu helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to POLI TM getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Dacian Mărăscu hit a great ball. With 22 minutes on the clock, Ilie Ipate commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Harau AFC made a substitution. Leontin Ghelmegean replaced Nae Ştiubei. Adam Cărtărescu came free with the goalkeeper in the 33rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Ionel Coporan could save by the left post. Allan Lumi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johnny Stallone, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. The supporters of Harau AFC booed when POLI TM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gheorghe Encea didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 44th minute of the match Max Lundström shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Allan Lumi showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 46 played minutes Harau AFC got a freekick which was hit by Maxim Tinu. In the 47th match minute, POLI TM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Horaţiu Senin to maneuver through the defense. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Johnny Stallone was the one to do the kick off. Johnny Stallone came free with the goalkeeper in the 52nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Allan Lumi could save by the left post. After a rather tough play, POLI TM's Dacian Mărăscu got a free kick in the 54th minute. Johnny Stallone received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Allan Lumi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 59thth minute of the game Alkın Yaren who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Harau AFC's Ionel Coporan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 60 minutes had been played when some careless play by Harau AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nicodim Popete was slow to take the kick. During this time POLI TM's players had a chance to rest. After 61 minutes, Johnny Stallone mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Harau AFC and the POLI TM players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Harau AFC getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Johnny Stallone hit a great ball. The supporters of Harau AFC booed when POLI TM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filip Lamru didn't get a good kick on the ball. A hard shot by Max Lundström from long distance, 66 minutes into the match, got Allan Lumi's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Allan Lumi made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Johnny Stallone sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, POLI TM's Allan Lumi got control of the ball when Johnny Stallone tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Adam Cărtărescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ionel Coporan was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. When Primitivo Lixandro came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Harau AFC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Primitivo Lixandro couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Harau AFC booed when POLI TM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dacian Mărăscu didn't get a good kick on the ball. 86 minutes into the match, Harau AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Alkın Yaren came free, but Ionel Coporan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nicodim Popete was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 88th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal.