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Spectators: 7956 (Terracing: 5968, Seating: 1830, VIP seats: 158) F.C Alex Bucuresti's Ionuț Cârjă started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, F.C Alex Bucuresti's Ion Ciuvică got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Iacob Nistor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Horea Papaiani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. F.C Alex Bucuresti's defense didn't have a chance, in the 6th minute, when Fedele Cardella scored to the left of an out of position Mircea Zăreanu, making the score, 1-0. When Horea Papaiani came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the F.C Alex Bucuresti 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 Horea Papaiani couldn't finish the play. Sergiu Zbârnea kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. Mircea Zăreanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fedele Cardella in the 22nd minute of play. In the 24th minute of the match F.C Alex Bucuresti got a corner. Alex Team's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Horea Papaiani ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on F.C Alex Bucuresti's corner Ion Ciuvică fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Iacob Nistor quite easily take care of the ball. After 25 minutes, Ionuț Cârjă made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. Alex Team's Iacob Nistor tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Alex Team getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Fedele Cardella hit a great ball. Alex Team's Iacob Nistor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ionuț Cârjă in the 27th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Fedele Cardella notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of F.C Alex Bucuresti's Mircea Zăreanu. Mircea Zăreanu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Iacob Nistor stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Horea Papaiani's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. Gică Boerescu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Mircea Zăreanu made a huge save. 34 minutes into the game, F.C Alex Bucuresti's Horea Papaiani nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Iacob Nistor made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. Marian Cluceru could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Mircea Zăreanu made a huge save. 39 minutes into the game, Clodoveo Hanot was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Alex Team's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave F.C Alex Bucuresti the free kick. In the 39th match minute, Alex Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clodoveo Hanot to maneuver through the defense. 3-2 became the score in the 41st minute when Marian Cluceru elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 47th minute, Bengt Fridlund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Clodoveo Hanot stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mircea Zăreanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fedele Cardella in the 52nd minute of the match. Alex Team's Iacob Nistor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Alex Team from getting a goal against them. Ion Ciuvică kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. In the 63rd minute Clodoveo Hanot shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mircea Zăreanu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 74 played minutes Alex Team got a freekick which was hit by Călin Iacobeanu. Alex Team's Iacob Nistor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horea Papaiani in the 76th minute of play. 77 minutes into the match, Alex Team's goal looked a bit too open when Ionuț Cârjă came free, but Iacob Nistor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mircea Zăreanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Clodoveo Hanot in the 83rd minute of play. In the 85th minute Ionuț Cârjă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iacob Nistor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 87th minute Ionuț Cârjă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iacob Nistor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. F.C Alex Bucuresti's Horea Papaiani got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alex Team's Iacob Nistor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Alex Team from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Clodoveo Hanot in the 92nd minute of play forced F.C Alex Bucuresti's goalkeeper Mircea Zăreanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ionuț Cârjă's late challenge caught a Alex Team's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ionuț Cârjă helped the player get up and apologised. In the 93rd match minute, F.C Alex Bucuresti was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ionuț Cârjă to maneuver through the defense. Sergiu Hurmuz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.