leiiberbestiului 1 - 0 Medias (380201454)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 20814 had shown up at leiiberbestiului for the match. Tijmen Rockx was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hervé Pichon and Marcel Camus. leiiberbestiului tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Zorilă - Frencken, Andrei, Njoka, Brosutti - Túri, Aretakis, Dumbravă, Bărbuc - Fetica, Enuţă.

A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Medias. They fielded: Bellantuono - Cargnelutti, Hörndler, Huriez, Krasovskis, Kroyer - Grüniger, Murray, Campaner - Tatulescu, Živković.

leiiberbestiului's I. Bărbuc made use of his speed to get free of the defence, but he still couldn't get a shot off 23 minutes into the match. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to leiiberbestiului, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

With 58 minutes gone, leiiberbestiului had a free kick in a decent position. Despite this being a great chance for a shot, they tried a cheeky move intended to bypass the defence. However, A. Njoka did not manage to connect with it cleanly and the ball went out. Medias's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 71 minutes gone, but H. Grüniger's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. T. Dumbravă's lack of experience almost gave Medias a goal after 72 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. After 86 minutes, V. Enuţă came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving leiiberbestiului the lead. With 87 minutes played, leiiberbestiului's I. Bărbuc almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. leiiberbestiului claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 69 percent.

leiiberbestiului's top performer was clearly H. Frencken. T. Zorilă turned in a dismal performance, however. Medias's best player was M. Bellantuono. N. Murray was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 0.