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Ferestrele
Spectators: 6712 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vasile Mantu got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of Ferestrele AS booed when Sporting FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sandu Ignea didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 7th minute of the match, Paul Racoviță got a very nice opportunity to score, but Valentin Fințescu was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Cazimir Bănățeanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonard Cipău in the 8th minute of play. Paul Racoviță received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Valentin Fințescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Costică Voicu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Cazimir Bănățeanu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cazimir Bănățeanu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vasile Mantu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 22 minutes of play, Sporting FC's Costică Voicu made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cazimir Bănățeanu was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee felt a red card was in order, 36 minutes into the game, when Vasile Grozuță put in a rough tackle. Vasile Grozuță hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. The supporters of Ferestrele AS booed when Sporting FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Costică Voicu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Valentin Fințescu didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 42nd minute, which inside left pole to 1-1. Emilian Lovinescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valentin Fințescu having to interfere. Emilian Lovinescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Valentin Fințescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emilian Lovinescu to make the kick off. Ferestrele AS's Cazimir Bănățeanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vasile Mantu in the 54th minute of play. The supporters of Sporting FC booed when Ferestrele AS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Petru Paulică didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Ferestrele AS booed when Sporting FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sandu Ignea didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Vasile Mantu came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Sporting FC 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 Vasile Mantu couldn't finish the play. Vasile Mantu struck a weak shot in the 66th minute. Cazimir Bănățeanu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sporting FC. The throw-in from Gavril Comarnescu in the 68th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Ferestrele AS's Gigi Spineanu. Sporting FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Marcu Almăgean in the 76th minute. Mircea Dincă made a great header on Sporting FC's corner, it was just that Ferestrele AS's Cazimir Bănățeanu managed to reach the ball for a save. 80 minutes into the match, Costică Voicu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cazimir Bănățeanu. Ferestrele AS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Costică Voicu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Emilian Lovinescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ferestrele AS's supporters rose to their feet, but Emilian Lovinescu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Valentin Fințescu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 96th minute Sandu Ignea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cazimir Bănățeanu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match was over Sporting FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Ferestrele AS throughout the match.