Niray 1 - 5 banatului (365240017)

Clouds darkened the skies at FC Niray Arena as 50000 spectators turned up for the match. Arnaud Vignal was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Severino Echavarria and Digvastra Kubendran. Niray decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Stoica - Mârşu, Petre, Sterie - Stanca, Pătraşcu, Lobodă, Duca, 名江 (Mingjiang) - Mărcan, Roncea.

banatului had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Topală - Băcila, Vasilescu, Stadler - Bunea, Dascălu, Dimofte, Torrejón, Timofte - Barbarossa, Moisă.

Today, banatului's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. I. Timofte gave the visitors the lead 7 minutes into the match to make it 0 - 1. The goal was scored from the penalty spot after a handball in the penalty area. A drive down the left side allowed A. Moisă to get in close and score another goal for banatului after 11 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. banatului's I. Timofte made use of his speed to get free of the defence, but he still couldn't get a shot off 12 minutes into the match. The visitors' A. Barbarossa took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 19 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for banatului. After this, you could see that the players of banatului were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 30 minutes in, banatului's A. Dimofte received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. banatului came close to extending their lead as A. Barbarossa delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 33 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

A. Moisă of banatului took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 63 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 4. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Pătraşcu from Niray a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 64 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The Niray players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. The Niray coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. There was concern in the stands when, at the 65 minute mark, banatului's F. Dascălu hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. The crowd groaned when D. Stanca, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for Niray. I. Timofte of banatului was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish V. Mârşu, which resulted in a goal making the score 0 - 5. 81 minutes into the match, Niray's D. Stanca collected a ball sent down the right and put it in the back of the net, narrowing the score to 1 - 5. A late sliding challenge from A. Dimofte was deemed to be his second yellow card offence by the referee, resulting in him being sent off, and banatului left a man down. Possession in this half belonged to Niray, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

V. Duca performed admirably for Niray. D. Stoica was a disappointment, however. The most dominating banatului player was without a doubt I. Timofte. However, P. Bunea made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 5.