Somnorosii 2 - 4 ^_^ (380784810)

31973 spectators had found their way to F C Somnorosii Arena, despite the heavy rain. Cuauhtémoc Roa was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roberts Calmans and Andreas Kyhlgård. People from all over Bucureşti had joined up for the derby. Somnorosii had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Ruiz - Vigolo, Knölbratt - Merraouche, Ionescu, Furnicã, Véber, Andresen - Arys, Demeter, Rappaport.

A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for ^_^. Lineup: Levi - Feodoridi, Toia, Passa, Şoşea, Pleşan - Santagostino, Lazarou, Kreisberger - Pfitzner, Pintea.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of ^_^. M. Vigolo did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. Somnorosii's J. Arys tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to J. Arys, but the Somnorosii player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! M. Demeter didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. With 37 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of ^_^ resulted in a counterattack that set R. Toia free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. O. Merraouche almost put Somnorosii ahead another goal when he curled a free kick over the defensive wall and almost into the net, but the visitors' keeper got there just in time to knock it wide. ^_^ caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 41 minutes into the match. A. Kreisberger was able to finish off the move - 1 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Somnorosii claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 78 percent.

V. Feodoridi sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from R. Pintea after 49 minutes of play, making the score 1 - 2. With 52 minutes played, the Somnorosii coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. P. Hamzaj came on, A. Furnicã had to leave the fray. R. Toia was in the clear after breaking the offside trap following a ^_^ counterattack from the left after 58 minutes. His neat finish made the score 1 - 3. Somnorosii's A. Véber cut towards the middle after 60 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 2 - 3. O. Merraouche charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equaliser for Somnorosii, but the shot went well wide of the goal. ^_^'s defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 66 minutes gone, but G. Şoşea's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. 69 minutes in, Somnorosii's M. Vigolo received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. ^_^'s counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing A. Kreisberger to score easily from the right flank for 2 - 4. Possession in this half belonged to Somnorosii, who controlled the ball 76 percent of the time.

Somnorosii's best player was M. Demeter. However, M. Vigolo made a disastrous appearance. Most important ^_^ player was V. Feodoridi. On the other hand, R. Pintea's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 4.