Barcelona 5 - 3 FCM (380779600)

31361 spectators had found their way to Camp Nou, despite the heavy rain. Juhani Rahja was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bob Ströbele and Chris Kriftel. All of Bucureşti was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Barcelona. Lineup: Volpato - Molski, Ramírez Guzmán - Penchev, van de Worp, Bencs, Quinquis, Avrillon - Pantelić, Huhtapelto, Melosi.

FCM tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Sabljić - Kilkka, Migliónico, Kievskiy - Nadal, Baj, Billes, Kaunisvirta, Carlbeck - Denessen, Schluechter.

Barcelona decided to play creatively. G. Avrillon did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. After 18 minutes, Barcelona were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. A. Huhtapelto did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. They were singing the praises of R. van de Worp 24 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Barcelona. FCM's A. Kievskiy left the field after 30 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was C. Lee. C. Lee was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, FCM's H. Denessen managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 1 - 1 Barcelona created a good opportunity to score 34 minutes into the match when R. van de Worp's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. After the game, the most discussed event will probably be the penalty given after 38 minutes that gave the visitors the 1 - 2 lead. Despite the controversy, G. Schluechter struck home the penalty, as cool as anything. After 40 minutes, R. van de Worp made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 2 - 2. It was 2 - 2 at the break. Barcelona enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

56 minutes into the match and the home team took a 3 - 2 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Barcelona was B. Melosi. After 69 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after M. Kaunisvirta made it through the middle and struck home to make it 3 - 3. Priding himself in being an active coach, the Barcelona manager gave new instructions to his players after 70 minutes. After 70 minutes, the Barcelona coach made a sign to Z. Molski, who soon changed positions with R. van de Worp. Z. Molski would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. E. Candussi entered the game for Barcelona as the match clock showed 70 minutes. A. Huhtapelto caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 74 minutes. This gave Barcelona the 4 - 3 lead. 78 minutes in, FCM's G. Schluechter received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 84 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and J. Ramírez Guzmán gave the Barcelona supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 5 - 3. Possession in this half belonged to Barcelona, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

Barcelona's top performer was clearly A. Huhtapelto. R. van de Worp was a disappointment, however. FCM's best player was H. Denessen. On the other hand, C. Lee's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 3.