FcKovászna 1 - 2 Young (380882405)

Clear skies welcomed the 14331 spectators who had made their way to Anfield. Sebastian Chiriac was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Salvatore Atmani and Fernando Larrañaga. FcKovászna started off with a 4-3-3 lineup. They fielded: Teixeira - den Breejen, Sempere, Vergoossen, Apostoliu - Guarinon, Gonter, Vintilă - Vlachoudis, Gabbrielli, Tilly.

Young decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Moustakime - Vlădoi, Stoichiţă, Mazars - Blaga, Buie, Lupuţan, Merlă, Zaharie - Hârtopeanu, Nuţaş.

FcKovászna were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Young took a creative approach on the field. At 27 minutes played, R. Gonter came in from the right with the intention of giving FcKovászna the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when G. Nuţaş slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against J. Teixeira, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. FcKovászna had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 39 minutes, but N. Apostoliu's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. The terraces were silenced after 44 minutes when Young's V. Vlădoi put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Young claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

A penalty was awarded after 56 minutes, and C. Blaga made the most of his chance to put Young up by another goal. 0 - 2 for the visitors. By now, the players in Young felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. FcKovászna showed their counterattack skill 58 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with N. Apostoliu scoring uncontested for 1 - 2. X. Mazars fired a shot from distance after 74 minutes, but the long shot couldn't find the net for Young. Possession in this half belonged to FcKovászna, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

Most important FcKovászna player was J. Tilly. On the other hand, R. Gonter's play was disheartening. Young's best player was G. Nuţaş. However, M. Zaharie made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 2.