TRAIAN 2 - 1 cotoru (380885582)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and TRAIAN VUIA Arena saw a crowd turnout of 28706. Bruno Costa was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Josef-Christian Simbürger and Ulrik Lagerner. TRAIAN decided to use a 4-3-3 set up. Lineup: Witteman - Araújo, Mateo, Osmański, Brockmann - Döbel, Krakowiak, Kušljić - Nylund, Leivaara, Arnould.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for cotoru. They fielded: Igelell - Myga, Tyynysniemi, Gherca, Cook - Fischbeck, Klimala, Alf, Pia, Buşaga - Papança.

It was an obvious ambition of cotoru to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. cotoru's A. Fischbeck was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 34 minutes. TRAIAN's R. Leivaara had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 37 minutes having been played. G. Bárány was the replacement. 40 minutes into the game, D. Papança had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of cotoru's A. Fischbeck after 42 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by cotoru, with 64 percent of the ball.

47 minutes into the match, TRAIAN's J. Arnould demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to D. Nylund who chipped it in for 1 - 1. D. Papança had a good try after 53 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. TRAIAN had a chance to take the lead after J. Arnould's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 63 minutes. B. Osmański sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from J. Krakowiak after 72 minutes of play, making the score 2 - 1. cotoru enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 68 percent of possession.

Most important TRAIAN player was J. Arnould. However, G. Bárány made a disastrous appearance. P. Alf performed admirably for cotoru. On the other hand, L. Buşaga's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 1.