FC ARSENAL 0 - 3 Odorite (380831555)

The crowd of 13030 turning up at Giulestina today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Chris Ferguson, Jr. was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Manole Filip and Germán Roos. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Bucureşti derby and the crowd was divided evenly. FC ARSENAL had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. They fielded: Martins Cardoso - Nistoran, Houmøller, Ilie - Ulisse, Orfanidis, Šuhajnár, Ruhi - Miron, Ollerhaftig, Dan.

Odorite decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. Starters: Cucurullo - Bucuroiu, Filipescu, Vazeos, Dobromirescu, Pintea - Pierangeli, Hamid, Nigrowics - Venere, Maja.

Odorite were relying on their ability to counter-attack. R. Dan was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on! FC ARSENAL's N. Ulisse tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. With 27 minutes played K. Ollerhaftig almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave R. Dan from FC ARSENAL a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 34 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! P. Vazeos finished off the counterattack of Odorite from the left rather easily, making the score 0 - 1. After 37 minutes, K. Ollerhaftig got through on the right and was very close to equalising for the home side, but didn't get the shot away. FC ARSENAL had to manage with a reduced squad after 39 minutes, as N. Ulisse got sent off for a needless foul away from the game's action. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Odorite, as P. Filipescu left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. B. Csorján took his place on the field. O. Venere became the new Odorite captain. Halftime score was 0 - 1. FC ARSENAL had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

Having just won a lot of ground following a quick turn of play, Odorite were given a free kick at a sharp angle. Rather than going for the direct shot, the defence was bypassed by a few sideways passes, giving O. Venere the chance to slip through at goal. Nice teamwork! And 0 - 2, 58 minutes into the game. Unsportsmanlike behaviour by R. Dan rendered him his second booking of the match, and FC ARSENAL had to finish the game with a reduced squad. G. Nistoran was the new captain of FC ARSENAL - handed the armband by the departing player. After 75 minutes FC ARSENAL's G. Martins Cardoso contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Y. Ruhi was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. T. Orfanidis charged down the left and looked sure to score for FC ARSENAL 79 minutes into the game, but his shot went just wide. A. Bucuroiu showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for Odorite after 80 minutes to make the score 0 - 3. After this, you could see that the players of Odorite were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With the clock showing 83 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Odorite resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by G. Pierangeli in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. FC ARSENAL enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

FC ARSENAL's top performer was clearly K. Ollerhaftig. G. Martins Cardoso was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Odorite player was without a doubt M. Dobromirescu. However, B. Csorján made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 3.