Scythia 4 - 1 Dinamu (380778969)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 56238 had shown up at Dobrogea Arena for the match. Henriks Kastrons was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mehmet Edler and Niklas Rothen. Scythia had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bratovič - Cazan, Hoffer - Brohus, Havaš, Enevoldsen, Cozma, Custers - Winter, Drzewosz, Kossuth.

Dinamu started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Starters: Lazăr - Jørgensen, Galileos, Blouin, Abrantes - Calloni, Marczykowski, Magaña, Obama, Gazonato - Wakai.

Scythia used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Dinamu immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. A well placed corner kick from T. Enevoldsen was followed by S. Drzewosz's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Scythia, the score now 1 - 0. Dinamu's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Scythia, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. Scythia's M. Havaš saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 18 minutes. Scythia increased the lead as Y. Winter struck to make the score 2 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Scythia claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

59 minutes into the match, the speedy M. Wakai easily outpaced K. Hoffer, chipped the keeper and made the score 2 - 1. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Scythia scored another to make it 3 - 1 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for M. Kossuth after 64 minutes. Dinamu had to make a substitution after 73 minutes. D. Lazăr limped off the field and was replaced by P. Cobzaru. Dinamu's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. With 78 minutes played, Scythia put themselves up 4 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to M. Kossuth, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Possession in this half belonged to Scythia, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

Most important Scythia player was Y. Winter. On the other hand, R. Brohus's play was disheartening. M. Wakai performed admirably for Dinamu. P. Cobzaru on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 1.