Slătina came through a gritty contest against Viitorul Şelimbăr on Saturday, taking a 2-1 win in the eighth round of the Liga II regular season. The hosts had looked comfortable enough at half-time, but the second period brought a different kind of pressure. By then the visitors had found a way back into it, and the final twenty minutes demanded concentration from everyone on the pitch.
B. Kielhorn opened the scoring in the twenty-ninth minute, a moment that shifted the momentum before the break. Viitorul pulled one back through Y. Sorescu just after the hour mark, and suddenly the game was alive again. And here's the thing — Slătina refused to go away, with R. Matis finding the net in the seventy-second to put the result beyond doubt.
Both sides made changes to try and shift the balance. Slătina brought on C. Cocos and D. Serbanica in the second half, while Viitorul introduced I. Nastasie and D. Benzar in quick succession. The substitutions came at different times, reflecting how each manager read the flow rather than following a script.
The statistics tell a straightforward story. Slătina controlled 60 per cent of possession and registered 126 attacks against 93, with eleven shots on target to six. They had more corners too, four to five, and kept their defensive shape despite the visitors' late push. It was not a dominant performance, but it was enough.
Slătina sit top of the table with twenty-two points from eight games, seven wins and one draw. Viitorul occupy sixteenth place with just six points, one victory and three draws from the same number of fixtures. The gap between them is now sixteen points, and there is not much about this result that will change the trajectory of either side's season.
