Orange-Romania 3 - 0 vulpul (380782712)

45709 spectators had come to Europa House this cloudy day. Joel Denia was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sijmen Pieneman and Laurent Debove. All of Bucureşti was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. Orange-Romania decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Răducu - Durban, Fourel, Plu - Alaim, Pihelgas, Page, Secăreanu, Mano - Kotani, Lenne.

vulpul tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Petrovici - Harvánek, Alexe, Etchegoyen - Pili, Basso, Lizak, Barthold, Hörnborg - Simmons, Shejbal.

Orange-Romania were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. vulpul clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. vulpul's G. Pili placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but D. Shejbal couldn't finish. Orange-Romania had a good opportunity to take the lead as R. Alaim came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of Ş. Petrovici. It was obvious that Orange-Romania had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. The referee showed Orange-Romania's T. Secăreanu the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 33 minutes into the match, the speedy R. Alaim easily outpaced H. Etchegoyen, chipped the keeper and made the score 1 - 0. After 33 minutes, the Orange-Romania players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. In an effort to secure the lead, Orange-Romania changed their tactic after 33 minutes. The Orange-Romania coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 33 minutes into the game. After 34 minutes, Y. Kotani put Orange-Romania ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. The Orange-Romania players could smell victory in the air. B. Lenne wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for Á. Fontanellas after 34 minutes. By now, the players in Orange-Romania felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. I. Răducu made a brilliant save 37 minutes into the match, blocking a rocket of a shot from G. Pili on the right hand side. After 38 minutes vulpul's J. Simmons contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Orange-Romania, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

After 60 minutes C. Mano made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to Y. Kotani who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 3 - 0. 69 minutes in, vulpul's B. Barthold received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Orange-Romania were forced into a substitution as D. Durban couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing H. Ushev to come in off the bench. vulpul's H. Etchegoyen tried his best to narrow the score with a well placed free kick, but it wasn't quite good enough and I. Răducu managed to block the shot. Orange-Romania claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

The most dominating Orange-Romania player was without a doubt Y. Kotani. However, H. Ushev made a disastrous appearance. vulpul's top performer was clearly D. Shejbal. E. Hörnborg was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 0.