Afumț secured a 2:1 victory over Unirea Slobozia in the fifth round of Liga II's Regular Season on Saturday evening. The home side took all three points after a match that swung between phases of control and sudden urgency. By then the result felt inevitable, though the final minutes demanded attention.
M. Sanogo opened the scoring in the twentieth minute, a moment Étienne Gagnon had watched closely from the stands. L. Campan doubled the lead before half-time with a well-taken strike in the forty-third minute. Unirea fought back through A. Raicu's late goal in stoppage time, but the damage was done.
Three yellow cards punctuated the contest, arriving in the thirteenth, thirty-first and seventieth minutes. No dismissals altered the balance, and both managers kept their full squads on the pitch throughout. The tempo shifted when the visitors pressed for an equaliser, but Afumț held their shape.
Statistics tell part of the story. Afumț registered 142 attacks compared to 127, while possession split evenly at 51 per cent to 49. The hosts fired 17 shots with five on target, whereas the visitors managed seven attempts with only two finding the frame. And here's the thing—the conversion rate favoured the side that created more structured chances.
The result leaves Afumț in thirteenth place with seven points from five matches, their record reading two wins, one draw and two defeats. Unirea Slobozia remain rooted at twenty-second with a solitary point, having lost four of their five outings.