Fotbal 0 - 9 Ceahlaul (380190432)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 10637 to Fotbal Club Brasov Arena. Francisco Bielva was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rubén Gallardo and Rober Baxendale. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Fotbal. Lineup: Nicolae - Petrescu, Boicu, Necula, Crucianu - Câmpeanu, Herlea, Muntianu, Luţai - Blănaru, Surulescu.

Ceahlaul tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Potye - Lorusso, Meiser, Ingelsberger - Magnusson, Bodinho, Ritzema, Barbe, Baqueró - Mazzocato, Mustasalo.

A mistake by the home side's central defence after 3 minutes allowed M. Magnusson to score for Ceahlaul. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. A drive down the left side allowed P. Mustasalo to get in close and score another goal for Ceahlaul after 24 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. Some fine movement on the left led to a Ceahlaul goal after 32 minutes, making it 0 - 3. M. Magnusson was noted down as the scorer. After 38 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed P. Mustasalo to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 4. 41 minutes into the match, L. Lorusso came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. Fotbal's M. Surulescu was shown a yellow card after 42 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 0 - 4 was the score after the first half. Ceahlaul enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 82 percent of possession.

With 47 minutes played, Ceahlaul put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was J. Baqueró. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Ceahlaul lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After 64 minutes, Fotbal's O. Petrescu fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! The home crowd was not impressed when J. Meiser came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 75 minutes. Ceahlaul were now up 0 - 6. J. Barbe increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 7. L. Lorusso increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 8. After 83 minutes, following yet another great corner, U. Mazzocato's flick on at the near post reached M. Magnusson, who was just wide with his snapshot - the ball went out for a goal kick. After 84 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave U. Mazzocato a chance to increase the lead for Ceahlaul, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 9. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Ceahlaul, with 84 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Fotbal player was without a doubt S. Necula. D. Nicolae was a disappointment, however. Ceahlaul's top performer was clearly P. Mustasalo. However, M. Potye made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 9.