The crowd of 30023 turning up at
10 Mai today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain.
Riku Beijar was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Sebastian Søgaard and
Jochanan van 's Gravesande.
FCD had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation.
The following players took the field: Ftiaratos - van der Geer, Mazâlu, Błaziak, Gerchakov, Manfrotto - Hyvönen, Burlacu, Grigore, Abeijón - Sprakel.
A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for BOBY.
Starters: Diallo - Canacheu, Cristea, Domocoş, Gellén, Vasilescu - Mavrodin, Urba, Jongejan - Ingebrigtsen, Martí Ezquerra.
FCD were relying on their ability to counter-attack.
Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for BOBY.
The rain made it hard for players like
Ø. Ingebrigtsen to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day.
FCD made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left
G. Mazâlu completely alone with keeper
W. Diallo, who made a spectacular block.
A foul called during a BOBY counterattack resulted in a great chance to score, but
Ø. Ingebrigtsen's shot rattled off the post.
With 33 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of BOBY resulted in a counterattack that set
E. Jongejan free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save.
It wasn't a pretty goal, but the free kick by
C. Abeijón after 34 minutes somehow found its way past the keeper. FCD takes the lead, 1 - 0!
It was 1 - 0 at the break.
FCD had most of the ball, with 72 percent of possession.
FCD's
M. Burlacu had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 79 minutes having been played.
I. Ciobotaru was the replacement.
BOBY were pushed back, and had many dangerous counterattacks. An impressive one came 81 minutes into the match, but
Ø. Ingebrigtsen narrowly missed the free kick attempt that was awarded as a result of a foul.
The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave
J. Hyvönen from FCD a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 87 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient!
Possession in this half belonged to FCD, who controlled the ball 72 percent of the time.
The most dominating FCD player was without a doubt
P. Grigore.
K. Gerchakov on the other hand, had a terrible day.
BOBY's best player was
J. Martí Ezquerra.
On the other hand,
C. Domocoş's play was disheartening.
The match ends 1 - 0.