dinamo 3 - 2 CosmosRed (365470304)

Dark skies made the crowd of 26466 at cfr dinamo stefan cel mare a little nervous, but the rain held off. Carl Tranflod was the appointed referee with assistance provided by José Queiró and Niko Visala. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for dinamo. Starters: Kolečkář - Klaer, Sato, Vučić, Wakeman, Valera - Camps, Nacenta, Bizzozero, Adhouma - Chasidis.

CosmosRed had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Sandersleben - Istrate, Paulsson, Olti, Şandru - Marinčič, Pećnik, Groters, Bărbuţ - Corodeanu, Miţu.

dinamo tried to focus their attacks down the middle. With 3 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. G. Corodeanu put the ball away for 0 - 1. It was obvious that team dinamo had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. 6 minutes into the game, R. Adhouma came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. With the scoreboard showing that 11 minutes had been played, CosmosRed nearly put themselves up another goal after Ş. Bărbuţ came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. The crowd was on its feet 15 minutes into the match, as dinamo's S. Wakeman found himself unmarked in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 1 - 1 equaliser. With 22 minutes played, R. Adhouma of dinamo fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After 27 minutes, E. Nacenta came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 2 - 1, giving dinamo the lead. With 35 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after V. Miţu came through the middle, but his kick went wide. CosmosRed's T. Pećnik got himself booked for a foul. It was 2 - 1 at the break. dinamo enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

After 47 minutes, dinamo's Y. Chasidis found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 3 - 1. The game was close to savage at times, and dinamo's R. Adhouma received a second yellow card after 60 minutes; his ticket out of the game. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, Ş. Bărbuţ of CosmosRed spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. The away team improved the scoreline to 3 - 2, as D. Olti struck home, set up well by a play on the left 62 minutes into the match. Possession in this half belonged to dinamo, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Most important dinamo player was A. Bizzozero. V. Kolečkář was a disappointment, however. G. Corodeanu performed admirably for CosmosRed. On the other hand, W. Paulsson's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 2.