Scanteia 3 - 1 CaragialeDream (380887050)

15000 spectators arrived at Grand Arena Cluj, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Yariv Almog was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Orla Wammen and Sijbrand van der Wolf. Scanteia tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Mardale - Dotan, Solivella, Canessa - Wagenhofer, Aitosalo, Kurtev, Cotte, Tzankov - Ries, Hoffinger.

CaragialeDream had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: D'Angelantonio - Kolnik, Galtelli, Signer - Hirschbolz, Ronnila, Meller, Haugli, Esmaeilipour - Dobrescu, Stelmach.

It was an obvious ambition of CaragialeDream to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Scanteia's R. Ries finished emphatically to make the score 1 -0 after 7 minutes, after the enigmatic H. Hoffinger pulled a delightful long pass from his box of tricks to bypass the defence. A great save by keeper M. D'Angelantonio after 31 minutes kept the visitors in the game after R. Ries struck from the left with a real cannonball. R. Aitosalo received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 32 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. It was obvious that CaragialeDream had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. C. Meller tied the game at 1 - 1 after 37 minutes, when he converted an incredible pass from the right. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. Scanteia enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 62 percent of possession.

The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to S. Kurtev, but the Scanteia player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 2 - 1! The home side's A. Solivella curled a free kick home after 77 minutes, putting Scanteia ahead 3 - 1. Scanteia had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

R. Ries performed admirably for Scanteia. On the other hand, V. Mardale's play was disheartening. Most important CaragialeDream player was A. Stelmach. However, M. D'Angelantonio made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 1.