Viitorul 0 - 3 Constanta (380819571)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 18098 had shown up at Estádio do Constantá for the match. Tommi Saaristola was the appointed referee. All of Constanţa was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. Viitorul tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Monferrino - Jachymczyk, Victória, Watt - Bolzonella, Heistek, Meredyk, Morariu, Krasenbrink - Pippan, Donez.

Constanta started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Manankov - Di Giacomo, Cuadrat - Winniczuk, Fjällér, Cidrás, Toda, Verstappen - Ügeç, Gugganig, Horvath.

Viitorul tried to focus their attacks down the middle. It was an obvious ambition of Constanta to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. 11 minutes into the match, Constanta nearly took the lead, as F. Fjällér broke through on the right. A. Monferrino made the save, however. A. Di Giacomo had a good try after 20 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Di Giacomo from Constanta a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 22 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Unfortunately for Viitorul, G. Bolzonella was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. I. Stoicescu replaced him. 29 minutes in, Viitorul's F. Pippan received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 34 minutes, Constanta put themselves up 0 - 1, as F. Fjällér finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Constanta, with 61 percent of the ball.

After 50 minutes of play, the free-spirited J. Verstappen decided to go for goal as he struck the ball from the corner of the pitch. The ball hit a defender in the face and bounced out of play. With 63 minutes played, Constanta put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was P. Horvath. With 69 minutes played, U. Ügeç nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. The Constanta free kick 70 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of U. Ügeç, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 0 - 3! The players of Constanta now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. 85 minutes into the game, Constanta worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. Constanta claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

The most dominating Viitorul player was without a doubt A. Monferrino. However, S. Morariu made a disastrous appearance. Constanta's top performer was clearly P. Horvath. On the other hand, U. Ügeç's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 3.