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Spectators: 10827 (Terracing: 8121, Seating: 2490, VIP seats: 216) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bogdan Tãrâtã got the match started through his kick off. Fc-Criuleni-City's Bengt Lundberg got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cristian Tâbârnã showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gerson Simões, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Tarabostes's zone, Gerson Simões stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cristian Tâbârnã came out of the goal and Gerson Simões tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 8 minutes of play, Fc-Criuleni-City's Gerson Simões made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cristian Tâbârnã was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Bengt Lundberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cristian Tâbârnã was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Bengt Lundberg kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. 17 minutes into the game, Fc-Criuleni-City's Joseph Stähelin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cristian Tâbârnã made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Cristian Tâbârnã showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gerson Simões, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. After some careless play in the Tarabostes defense, Gerson Simões kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cristian Tâbârnã. The Tarabostes fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cristian Tâbârnã should have stopped the shot. In the 27th minute, Gerson Simões ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristian Tâbârnã was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Cristian Tâbârnã showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gerson Simões in the 36th minute of the match. 37 minutes into the match, Gerson Simões notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Tarabostes's Cristian Tâbârnã. Cristian Tâbârnã was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gerson Simões scored 0-7 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cristian Tâbârnã, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cristian Tâbârnã stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bengt Lundberg's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. In the 46th minute, Pavel Cheptene ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristian Tâbârnã was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. After the first half Fc-Criuleni-City were leading 0-8. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gerson Simões to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Gerson Simões ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristian Tâbârnã was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-9. In the 55th minute of the match, Pavel Cheptene tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Cristian Tâbârnã saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pavel Cheptene in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cristian Tâbârnã saved Tarabostes from getting behind. Cristian Tâbârnã showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bengt Lundberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Cristian Tâbârnã showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pavel Cheptene, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. With his leg Cristian Tâbârnã managed to avoid a goal in the 59thth minute, when Fc-Criuleni-City's Gerson Simões fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pavel Cheptene got free with Cristian Tâbârnã in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cristian Tâbârnã showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bengt Lundberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. In the 71st minute, Pavel Cheptene reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cristian Tâbârnã. The goal made the score 0-11. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Bengt Lundberg took a quick shot and it went in 0-12 without a chance for Cristian Tâbârnã to make any attempt to save it. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gerson Simões in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cristian Tâbârnã prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 78th minute, Gerson Simões left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Fc-Criuleni-City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-13. In the 82nd minute, Gerson Simões reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cristian Tâbârnã. The goal made the score 0-14. Zydrunas Karcemarskas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Constantin Darie, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Tarabostes booed when Fc-Criuleni-City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pavel Cheptene didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerson Simões in the 89th minute of play forced Tarabostes's goalkeeper Cristian Tâbârnã to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tarabostes's Cristian Tâbârnã proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save Tarabostes from getting a goal against them. Fc-Criuleni-City's Pavel Cheptene managed to work through Tarabostes's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Pavel Cheptene dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Tarabostes's Cristian Tâbârnã proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Tarabostes from getting a goal against them. When the match was over Fc-Criuleni-City could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Tarabostes throughout the match.