Visa-city 2 - 0 Izvoranu (380899661)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 18492 at Donkey Stable Arena today. Jogvilas Vinčiauskas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Trygve Lie and Arnoud de Graaf. Visa-city decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. Lineup: Bancu - Fazzari, Roberto, Drăghici, Gheorghe, Ivan - Wessel, Soboczyński, González Fraguas, Ortiz - Akobia.

Izvoranu started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Turpault - Alting, Schroer, Golonka, Branchini - Klein, Di Bella, Maiolo, Malassu - Eszet, Pengő.

Visa-city were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Izvoranu demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. Izvoranu will have to do without S. Pengő for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 8 minute mark. He was substituted by K. Ispoglou. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, M. Akobia scored for Visa-city putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 21 minutes. R. Gheorghe of Visa-city was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. It was almost a goal for Izvoranu following H. Alting's good header after a corner, it went just over the bar though. Visa-city put themselves up 2 - 0 when R. Gheorghe broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Visa-city, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

Visa-city's M. Ivan startled J. Ortiz with an unexpected pass. Unfortunately, the receiver was too stunned by the play to convert the perfect setup into a goal. The home side's R. Gheorghe came close to extending the lead 88 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but E. Turpault managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. Izvoranu's I. Malassu had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 89 minutes having been played. B. Mendes Neto was the replacement. A great save by keeper E. Turpault after 89 minutes kept the visitors in the game after R. Gheorghe struck from the left with a real cannonball. Visa-city enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 71 percent of possession.

Visa-city's top performer was clearly A. González Fraguas. I. Drăghici on the other hand, had a terrible day. Izvoranu's best player was M. Eszet. On the other hand, E. Turpault's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.