STEAUA 1 - 4 bau-bau (332726781)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and STEAUA vito Arena saw a crowd turnout of 223. Marcelo Caldas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alin Marinoiu and César García Herrera. STEAUA started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: Nuorti - Ismail, Bălan, Bălăceanu, Jercan - Nenciulescu, Ciul, Tatu, Vasilică - Gusta, Niţă.

bau-bau tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Ancavil - Nisa, Surdu, Miroiu - Vaz, Anghelescu, Iordache, Dumitru - Drăguşin, Stoiciu, Răţoi.

The referee showed bau-bau's A. Nisa the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 21 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for STEAUA was D. Nenciulescu. D. Bălăceanu behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 27 minutes as he gave the ball away to L. Răţoi. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. bau-bau tied it all up, 28 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by C. Anghelescu, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 1 - 1. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, M. Bălan got himself booked. The manager of STEAUA was not happy. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 40 minutes into the match, and L. Răţoi wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 1 - 2 for the visitors. bau-bau's C. Anghelescu got himself booked for a foul. STEAUA were forced into a substitution as B. Gusta couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing P. Dumbrăveanu to come in off the bench. There was concern in the stands when, at the 43 minute mark, bau-bau's A. Nisa hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. bau-bau claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

After 48 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave N. Miroiu a chance to increase the lead for bau-bau, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 1 - 3. The home side worked their way through the middle and almost got one back when A. Ciul tried to sneak the ball past the keeper. C. Ancavil was too alert for that! With 64 minutes played, A. Nisa nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. C. Anghelescu could have put his team up another goal 74 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. The visitors' R. Dumitru took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 76 minutes into the match. 1 - 4 for bau-bau. bau-bau enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

Most important STEAUA player was A. Jercan. However, P. Dumbrăveanu made a disastrous appearance. bau-bau's top performer was clearly A. Nisa. On the other hand, V. Vaz's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 4.