Argeș Pitești played Sepsi in the seventh round of Liga I's regular season on Saturday evening. The home side took the field at their stadium, but it was the visitors who found the winner in the dying stages of the match. Sepsi took all three points with a 1-0 scoreline, decided by a single goal in the 89th minute. To be fair, the contest never looked like it would end one way or the other until that moment arrived.
The first half grew increasingly physical as Argeș pushed for an opening. Taylor Luvambo received a yellow card in the 43rd minute, and Silviu Balaure followed suit four minutes into the second period. Patrick Dulcea came on for Argeș at half-time, an early attempt to shift momentum. By then, both sides had been cautious, trading possession without creating clear chances.
Substitutions began to arrive in the second half as fatigue set in. Moses Mawa appeared for Argeș in the 61st minute, while Sepsi brought on two players simultaneously at 67 — Oluwatobiloba Alagbe and Robert Moldoveanu. The home side added Nacho Andrei and replaced Nacho Heras in the 82nd minute, a double change that suggested they were running out of ideas. Three more substitutions followed as the clock ticked past 88 minutes.
And here's the thing about that 89th minute — it was all Sepsi needed. Bogdan Oteliță found a way through to score, breaking the deadlock after 89 minutes of fruitless searching. Argeș had been closer to breaking through with eight shots inside the penalty area, but only two found the target. The visitors, with just three attempts inside the box, made theirs count.
The statistics tell a story of missed opportunities rather than dominance. Argeș held 54 per cent possession and registered eight corners, yet managed only two shots on target from 15 attempts. Sepsi, with 46 per cent of the ball, produced identical accuracy — two shots on target — but converted one. Both sides recorded two offside calls, and the home goalkeeper made just one save.
The result leaves both clubs level on 10 points after seven games, though Argeș sit ninth and Sepsi eighth. The visitors had drawn four of their seven matches, while the home side had three wins and three defeats. Argeș had lost their previous outing 1-0 at Oțelul, making this defeat a continuation of their recent struggles. Sepsi, meanwhile, extended a pattern of grinding out results — four draws in their last five games now stands as their defining trait this season.