Steaua 3 - 1 vulturul (380780134)

32828 spectators had found their way to Marius Lacatus Arena, despite the heavy rain. Daniel Auer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Soulis Kladis and Gustavo Miguel Riquelme. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Steaua. They fielded: Iorga - Holt, Bogner - Maier, Duduman, Dănăilă, Untea, Tudor - 翊雲 (Yiyun), Gabriele, Király.

vulturul tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. Starters: Strahlemann - Vuorila, Villegas, Lanza, Mititelu, Trouillet - Barbagallo, Steun, Thorstensson, Košutić - Sijbers.

vulturul clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. After 17 minutes, the defensive line of vulturul created a counterattack through the middle that gave R. Villegas a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Some things can only be learned through experience, and I. Untea should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting vulturul a goal with 19 minutes of the match played. With 21 minutes played R. Király almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. R. Király did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. 25 minutes in, Steaua's G. Bogner received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. R. Tudor of Steaua seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 1 - 0 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by G. Bogner. G. Bogner increased Steaua's lead to 2 - 0 with a penalty spot cannonball. A lovely run by Steaua's L. Gabriele left his markers for dead and should have resulted in a goal, but the finish went just wide. vulturul's counterattacks created a good chance for C. Steun on the right after 36 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. Steaua enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 68 percent of possession.

After 49 minutes, a well-worked counterattack by vulturul on the right presented an easy opportunity in front of the goal that was duly converted by E. Vuorila to make it 2 - 1. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Steaua scored another to make it 3 - 1 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for C. Duduman after 50 minutes. After 60 minutes vulturul tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, R. Villegas's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. Possession in this half belonged to Steaua, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

Steaua's best player was R. Tudor. However, F. Iorga made a disastrous appearance. Most important vulturul player was R. Villegas. A. Sijbers turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 1.