FCBuzau 2 - 1 Timisoara (365237709)

54396 spectators had come to Buzau Arena this cloudy day. Kurt Rask was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jesús Bercianos and Ricardo Peñasco. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for FCBuzau. Starters: Nandrean - Băluţă, Isăilă - Rujan, Raeymaeckers, Topete, Balacó, Altin - Catană, Iancu, Serrahima.

Timisoara started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Garrido Hervás - Bărbulescu, Hlobil, Keeney, Ojog - Dănescu, Kardos, Ristea, Karadajian - Kotara, Weißke.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Timisoara. The head of A. Raeymaeckers connected with a corner kick after 7 minutes, and the ball ended up with J. Altin of FCBuzau who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 1 - 0. FCBuzau's C. Isăilă was shown a yellow card after 29 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 31 minutes, FCBuzau's A. Balacó found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 2 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of FCBuzau were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. FCBuzau had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

M. Karadajian was in the clear after breaking the offside trap following a Timisoara counterattack from the left after 54 minutes. His neat finish made the score 2 - 1. A. Raeymaeckers should probably have put his team up another goal after 60 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by A. Garrido Hervás kept the visitors in the game. A great save by keeper A. Garrido Hervás after 65 minutes kept the visitors in the game after J. Altin struck from the left with a real cannonball. D. Kotara fired a shot from distance after 77 minutes, but the long shot couldn't find the net for Timisoara. K. Hlobil could have made it all square after 78 minutes, if only his free kick had been a few inches to the other side of the post. FCBuzau claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

I. Iancu performed admirably for FCBuzau. C. Băluţă on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Timisoara player was D. Kotara. C. Bărbulescu was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 1.