Chindia cruise past Afumeni with three goals in win
Chindia beat Afumeni 3-0 in the third round of Liga II on Friday. The away side took the lead in the fifth minute when R. Mihai fired home, and C. Negut added a second in the twentieth before half-time. The visitors sealed the match with a third goal from Negut in the ninetieth minute.
Afumeni had more territory but struggled to convert. They recorded 116 attacks compared to Chindia's 91, and enjoyed 57 percent possession. Yet they managed only seven shots on target while Chindia netted three goals from three attempts on target.
The visitors were reduced to ten players late on. C. Robicek picked up a yellow card in the forty-sixth minute, and A. Baluta was cautioned for Afumeni in the forty-third. Both sides made several substitutions in the second half, with Chindia bringing on V. Bogdan and R. Mihai for O. Kaplan and A. Enache in the sixty-third minute.
The result leaves Chindia ninth with nine points from six games, while Afumeni sit eighth on ten points. The visitors have now lost three of six matches, and Afumeni have suffered two defeats after three wins and a draw.
Chindia had won their previous two outings against Flacera Moreni and Metaloglobus, but the run came to an end here against a side that had scored three goals in their last game against Dunarea Calarasi. The clean-sheet run came to an end for Chindia, who had kept four consecutive shutters in the past six matches.