Olimpia 4 - 2 dog (380912326)

The 19316 fans in attendance at Stadionul Olimpia were roasting in the hot sun. Fiorenzo Maccalli was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Atle Kristiansen and Leonid Stolyarov. The derby had been the talk of Bucureşti all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Olimpia. The following players had been chosen: Simion - Opris, Racu - Birişan, Chiriac, Pãduraru, 豪山 (Haoshan) , Šafarić - Wehrle, Oiţă, Bilan.

dog tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Hermes - Hoffmann, Pieraccini, Lovecký - Brauwers, Pitzal, Hörger, Salgado, Wędzik - Aparicio Pérez, Helpup.

dog clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Olimpia took the lead 13 minutes in, as R. Šafarić broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. 陳. 豪山 (Haoshan) left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 25 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. G. Gruyters was the replacement. With 28 minutes played, Olimpia put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to H. Bilan, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. By now, the players in Olimpia felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 29 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as T. Oiţă broke through, making the score 3 - 0 for Olimpia. After 31 minutes dog's D. Brauwers contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Olimpia increased the lead as F. Opris struck to make the score 4 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. It was 4 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Olimpia, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

The home crowd just couldn't believe it when T. Oiţă missed a penalty after 58 minutes of the match. D. Brauwers enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. dog fought on and, after 66 minutes, R. Aparicio Pérez was able to reduce the deficit to 4 - 1 after some excellent moves on the right side were finished off with an incredibly clever chip. With 71 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, dog showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 4 - 2 when L. Lovecký got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. Olimpia's N. Wehrle had an excellent opportunity after 73 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! dog's G. Helpup refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 77 minutes. G. Gruyters wasn't much help defensively. His energy-consuming forward runs proved quite costly in the oppressive heat. dog had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Olimpia coach let E. Sesto replace R. Šafarić after 88 minutes. The coach of Olimpia was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 89 minutes, T. Mileder came on for F. Opris. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Olimpia, with 53 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Olimpia player was without a doubt N. Wehrle. On the other hand, I. Racu's play was disheartening. Most important dog player was D. Pieraccini. D. Brauwers was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 2.