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Leontin Enescu
Spectators: 7740 (Terracing: 5806, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dorin Brănescu got the match started through his kick off. Vintilă Zegreanu scored 0-1 in the 3rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fabian Demian, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 5th minute, Sever Iorgovan 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. When Ion Popoacă came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the FC Pirciu 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 Ion Popoacă couldn't finish the play. 8 minutes into the match, Iustin Păsărin notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of F.C. Ripensia Timişoara's Fabian Demian. Fabian Demian was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iustin Păsărin in the 15th minute of play forced F.C. Ripensia Timişoara's goalkeeper Fabian Demian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Denis Mailat could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Theo Wagner made a huge save. Vintilă Zegreanu took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fabian Demian. Fabian Demian dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Ionică Albulescu's late challenge caught a FC Pirciu's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ionică Albulescu helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to F.C. Ripensia Timişoara getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Ionică Albulescu hit a great ball. FC Pirciu's Sever Iorgovan got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 27th minute Vintilă Zegreanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabian Demian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 31st minute, Iustin Păsărin 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. Fabian Demian stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vintilă Zegreanu's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. Fabian Demian came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Pirciu's Iustin Păsărin. But to his dismay, Iustin Păsărin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Vintilă Zegreanu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Fabian Demian tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ion Popoacă sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vintilă Zegreanu in the 42nd minute of play forced F.C. Ripensia Timişoara's goalkeeper Fabian Demian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 43rd minute, Cosmin Ghioncu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 44 minutes into the game, Iustin Păsărin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Fabian Demian was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vintilă Zegreanu to make the kick off. When Iustin Păsărin came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the FC Pirciu 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 Iustin Păsărin couldn't finish the play. 54 minutes into the match, Vintilă Zegreanu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fabian Demian. F.C. Ripensia Timişoara's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vintilă Zegreanu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. Fabian Demian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vintilă Zegreanu in the 57th minute of play. Vintilă Zegreanu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Fabian Demian tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sever Iorgovan was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 61st minute. FC Pirciu's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Vintilă Zegreanu succeeded in the game's 61st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-7. 67 minutes into the game, Vintilă Zegreanu recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Fabian Demian. Vintilă Zegreanu showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-8. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Iustin Păsărin managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Pirciu's supporters rose to their feet, but Iustin Păsărin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fabian Demian breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fabian Demian didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vintilă Zegreanu went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-9 was the resulting score. Ion Popoacă fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabian Demian having to interfere. When Ion Popoacă came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the FC Pirciu 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 Ion Popoacă couldn't finish the play. Vali Bobariu scored 0-10 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fabian Demian, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in F.C. Ripensia Timişoara's zone, Sever Iorgovan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabian Demian came out of the goal and Sever Iorgovan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Iustin Păsărin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. F.C. Ripensia Timişoara's Fabian Demian proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save F.C. Ripensia Timişoara from getting a goal against them. Fabian Demian made a fantastic save in the 96th minute, when Ion Popoacă sent off a good shot on target.