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Match Recap
Sebastian Mailat and Lucas de Vega Lima needed just 17 minutes to settle this one, both finding the net inside the opening quarter-hour as FC Botosani raced into a two-goal cushion against Uta Arad. It's a rare bright spot in a recent head-to-head that had gone Uta Arad's way in both previous meetings, and this time Botosani flipped the script early and never let go. The win nudges Botosani to 11 points and a touch of breathing room after a shaky run of results, while Uta Arad arrive on the back of a stronger form streak that simply didn't show up in Arad on the day. Neither Mailat nor de Vega Lima rank among Liga I's current scoring elite, where A. Cordea still sits atop the charts with 16 goals, but on this afternoon they did all the damage that mattered. Botosani controlled the game from the first whistle and Uta Arad never found an answer. Two goals, two different scorers, one lightning start, press play to watch both strikes land before the 20-minute mark.
