Haiducii 0 - 1 Grasii (380782998)

The 37108 fans in attendance at Iliesti Arena were roasting in the hot sun. Péter Makra was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Eemeli Tuoreniemi and Åge Wessel. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Bucureşti derby and the crowd was divided evenly. Haiducii started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Göransson - Kimak, İnönü, Vianu, Chişe - Nae, D'Avanzo, Ulmu, Niculae - Buzatu, Eilander.

Grasii tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Barata - Arnóti, Ampelakos, Wunderle - Csata, Petrean, Simon, Zeissbrich, Văcaru - Méndez, Wynhouse.

20 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but T. Wunderle, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. Some great play up the middle by Haiducii led to a chance for E. Eilander to score after 21 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. Many thought D. Buzatu ought to have been awarded a penalty 30 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around R. Barata after a determined run through the middle. The referee showed Grasii's C. Zeissbrich the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, M. Nae of Haiducii spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. Grasii's Z. Simon had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 39 minutes having been played. O. Elisei was the replacement. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Haiducii had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

Grasii took the lead 63 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. L. Wynhouse was the scorer. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, N. Petrean got himself booked. The manager of Grasii was not happy. The intense heat forced M. Nae into making some errors because he couldn't seem to keep up with the others. C. Vianu's technique was perfect on this sunny day and led to some breathtaking tricks that bamboozled the defence. Possession in this half belonged to Haiducii, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Haiducii's best player was C. Vianu. On the other hand, C. Chişe's play was disheartening. Most important Grasii player was L. Wynhouse. B. Csata on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.