Rapid 2 - 0 HERMANSTADT (365253085)

37824 spectators had come to Giulesti Arena this cloudy day. Carlo Swartjes was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Casper Fredslund and Mattias Robertsson. Rapid decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. The following players took the field: Mânzat - Vintilă, Touchet, Arcunti, Szuleta, Maseev - Baston, Dorobanţu, Braşoveanu, Floricel - Inguanzo.

HERMANSTADT tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Mohrenberg - Bulboaca, Minghini, Abad García - Ievanen, Weibel, Lövborg, Pranis, Wacławik - Lietz, Boscaro.

2 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but G. Boscaro, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. HERMANSTADT's K. Pranis got himself booked for a foul. Rapid's G. Szuleta was shown a yellow card after 16 minutes for slicing down an opponent. G. Boscaro came close to putting the visiting team one up 21 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but T. Mânzat managed to tip the ball to a corner. The referee showed Rapid's K. Maseev the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. G. Szuleta received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 32 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Rapid enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

Priding himself in being an active coach, the Rapid manager gave new instructions to his players after 46 minutes. 46 minutes into the game, Rapid wanted to bring some new energy to their game. G. Arcunti gave A. Siti a quick hug as he left the field. With 54 minutes gone, Rapid's G. Szuleta had to leave the pitch after talking back to the referee and receiving his second booking. Rapid took the lead after 66 minutes as a result of P. Baston's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. After 81 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and A. Siti gave the Rapid supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Rapid, with 55 percent of the ball.

Rapid's top performer was clearly P. Inguanzo. However, C. Touchet made a disastrous appearance. Most important HERMANSTADT player was A. Bulboaca. H. Mohrenberg turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 0.