X-Team 4 - 0 F.C.D.S (365395758)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 14296 had shown up at Ecaterina Teodoroiu for the match. Adam Nathan was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Karol Wojtaszek and Sebastiaan Drost. All of Iaşi was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for X-Team. The following players had been chosen: Donovan - Burcea, Montes, Liegl - Florescu, Luikinga, Boros, Neaga, Diac - Nagy, Cenan.

F.C.D.S tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Sand - Perrier, Rice, Hamvai, Colin - Gunstrøm, Maass, Borgh, Entrena - Hadler, Sala.

The wings were the focus of most of X-Team's attacks today. F.C.D.S used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. Attacking on the wings was the choice for X-Team, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 5 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from S. Burcea, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. The visitors kept the pressure on to tie the game when, after 17 minutes, B. Borgh broke through the centre and found himself alone with the keeper. R. Donovan made a great block, though. X-Team's P. Montes got himself booked for a foul. X-Team's Ş. Neaga increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 38 minutes. F.C.D.S's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. X-Team's K. Cenan was shown a yellow card after 41 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by X-Team, with 66 percent of the ball.

The X-Team players could smell victory in the air. T. Luikinga wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for Á. San Millán Díez after 61 minutes. At this time in the match, F.C.D.S were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. The coach of X-Team was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 62 minutes, E. Şnaider came on for Z. Boros. The referee showed X-Team's C. Diac the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. With 84 minutes played, X-Team put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to Á. San Millán Díez, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. The players of X-Team now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. P. Montes increased the lead for X-Team to 4 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! X-Team enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 63 percent of possession.

X-Team's best player was E. Şnaider. However, R. Donovan made a disastrous appearance. F.C.D.S's top performer was clearly F. Hadler. R. Sand on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 0.