Petrila 1 - 3 atletii (380877946)

It had rained all day, but 18009 hardy fans still made it out to Petrila Stadium. Geoffroy Leste was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Laurent Bäumle and Janusz Sanecki. Petrila tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Baghdar - Arntz, Pčelnikovas, Tajè - Lanzas Codina, Lambroni, Bortl, Sønes, Groński - Castelão, Vashukov.

atletii started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Sautron - Kraatz-Koschlau, Kotschken, Bada - Fiorović, Radbauer, Šabanović, Nürtingen, Tenarre - Roshall, Naessens.

Petrila seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 9 minutes into the match, and G. Naessens wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. A drive down the left side allowed F. Radbauer to get in close and score another goal for atletii after 14 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. G. Lambroni was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on! 35 minutes in, atletii's K. Kotschken received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The crowd groaned when C. Castelão, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for Petrila. Good work by the atletii defensive line after 37 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found K. Kotschken alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. Petrila supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to C. Castelão who reduced the visitors' lead after 40 minutes to 1 - 2. Halftime score was 1 - 2. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

P. Roshall could have put his team up another goal 47 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. 57 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 3 as P. Roshall finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Possession in this half belonged to Petrila, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

Most important Petrila player was C. Castelão. P. Baghdar turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating atletii player was without a doubt B. Kraatz-Koschlau. F. Radbauer on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 3.