Barcraiova 4 - 0 Vanquish (380780887)

Dark skies made the crowd of 64801 at Noul Camp Central a little nervous, but the rain held off. Imanol Báez was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Christian Herland and Jakob Roßgoderer. Barcraiova tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Costin - Surugiu, Velázquez, Brudaru - Stoica, Wendenhof, Herghelegiu, Pop, Constantin - Bulzoni, Ganea.

Vanquish started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Albu - Axente, Stunz, Stroescu - Ganança, Lippe, Săvulescu, Luchian, Simonuti - Cârstea, Lucescu.

5 minutes into the game, F. Lippe had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. Always quick and a menace to his opponents, V. Stoica was very close to getting through after 21 minutes, but he could only put the ball into the keeper's arms. Barcraiova had a chance to take the lead after C. Ganea's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 27 minutes. Slack defending gave Barcraiova a chance to take the lead with 37 minutes played, but R. Constantin's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave K. Stunz from Vanquish a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 42 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! After 43 minutes Vanquish's R. Luchian contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. After a savage shot that could only be parried by the keeper, C. Ganea demonstrated his experience by being in just the right place to slot home the rebound. His goal for Barcraiova 44 minutes into the match made the score 1 - 0. A. Velázquez struck a 30 metre free kick home 44 minutes into the match. 2 - 0 for the home team. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Barcraiova had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

M. Bulzoni could have put Barcraiova up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 52 minutes. Barcraiova solidified their lead at the 59 minute mark, as M. Bulzoni dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0. After 66 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by C. Surugiu might have resulted in another goal for Barcraiova. However, M. Albu made a spectacular save. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. M. Pop squirmed through their central defence after 66 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. By now, the players in Barcraiova felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. After 73 minutes, K. Stunz came close to reducing the score with a free kick aimed near the left post, but S. Costin warded the ball off to a corner. Possession in this half belonged to Barcraiova, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

M. Bulzoni performed admirably for Barcraiova. However, H. Brudaru made a disastrous appearance. Vanquish's top performer was clearly V. Cârstea. On the other hand, D. Stroescu's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 0.