Steaua 7 - 0 GIURGIU (380934186)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Ghencea Arena saw a crowd turnout of 2393. Hitoshi Kasahara was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marco Napoli and Gabi Ovadia. Steaua started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Muşat - Mălăncioiu, Gheorghe, Tumurug, Burghel - Isprăvnicelu, Zimbran, Bărbulescu, Ioniche - Dyrtorp, Züfle.

GIURGIU tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Bozdoc - Voiculescu, Nerţan, Drob, Perniu - Lupchian, Spinei, Svirskiy, Curpăn - Zaporojan, Andercău.

GIURGIU's C. Lupchian refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 10 minutes. Steaua broke through on the left 30 minutes into the game, with C. Bărbulescu firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. I. Drob of GIURGIU received a yellow card after 32 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. After 36 minutes, GIURGIU were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. Ş. Nerţan did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. The score became 2 - 0 at 41 minutes into the game, when Steaua were given a penalty which B. Gheorghe blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! With 42 minutes played, Steaua put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Tumurug, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. It was 3 - 0 at the break. Steaua had most of the ball, with 79 percent of possession.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Steaua to 4 - 0 as B. Züfle finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. By now, the players in Steaua felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. R. Voiculescu of GIURGIU was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Steaua's B. Gheorghe saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 73 minutes. Steaua solidified their lead at the 74 minute mark, as M. Ioniche dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 5 - 0. GIURGIU's G. Bozdoc had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 76 minutes having been played. S. Coltor was the replacement. Steaua managed to extend their lead to 6 - 0 when N. Isprăvnicelu cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Steaua increased the lead as C. Bărbulescu struck to make the score 7 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Steaua claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 83 percent.

The most dominating Steaua player was without a doubt C. Bărbulescu. On the other hand, D. Muşat's play was disheartening. Most important GIURGIU player was M. Andercău. R. Svirskiy turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 7 - 0.