Prabusita 5 - 1 Costesti (380782622)

The 51457 fans in attendance at Avantu were roasting in the hot sun. Laimnesis Papiņš was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Walter Osburg and Elbio Guglielminpietro. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Prabusita. The following players had been chosen: Nicolae - Nesslund, Posada, Breazu - D'hondt, Spirin, Melgar, Barzagli, Ciorogariu - Tutoveanu, Strâmbu.

Costesti started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Byszewski - Maskalėnas, Haussmann, Savu - Nogueira, Sarić, Titwani, Dürmeier, Karlsson - Georgescu, Meijer.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Costesti. Prabusita broke through on the left 2 minutes into the game, with C. Tutoveanu firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why G. Haussmann found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. With 19 minutes played, Prabusita put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to T. Ciorogariu, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Prabusita's C. Tutoveanu swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. Cheers filled the stadium as C. Tutoveanu broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to Prabusita. After 33 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and M. Barzagli gave the Prabusita supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 0. 4 - 0 was the score after the first half. Prabusita claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 77 percent.

Costesti were desperate to get a goal back and pushed forward through the middle 64 minutes into the game. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped to S. Titwani, who smashed it home to make the score 4 - 1. After 71 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by N. Spirin might have resulted in another goal for Prabusita. However, M. Byszewski made a spectacular save. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave D. Strâmbu from Prabusita a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 77 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! As usual, S. Titwani tried to use his strength and hard work for the benefit of the team, but the heat hit him hard and he couldn't keep pace at all. 80 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as D. Strâmbu broke through, making the score 5 - 1 for Prabusita. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Prabusita, with 77 percent of the ball.

D. Strâmbu performed admirably for Prabusita. N. Breazu turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Costesti player was without a doubt P. Georgescu. On the other hand, A. Sarić's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 1.