Știinţa 0 - 5 Voinţa (380937447)

10635 punters turned up at Millennium, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Cosme Morán was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Petter Gunnarsson and Jérémie Gerber. Știinţa decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Horvat - Stoian, Păunescu, Mocioalcă, Durul - Gányó, Strâmbu, Tofan, Vinca - Şesan, Şoarece.

A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Voinţa. They fielded: Vlădoiu - Papírník, Ganeroso, Nuzzo, Notev, Perdok - Angheluţă, Soare, Acıpayamlı - Ţintea, Cotigă.

Voinţa seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. J. Ganeroso's lack of experience almost gave Știinţa a goal after 2 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. C. Cotigă was first to reach a ball launched long through the center from Voinţa's defence 28 minutes into the game. He managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 0 - 1. The home crowd was not impressed when C. Cotigă came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 31 minutes. Voinţa were now up 0 - 2. I. Mocioalcă showed his inexperience when he failed to anticipate the bounce of a high ball, allowing Voinţa's A. Ţintea to take advantage and place a shot into the bottom corner of the goal. 0 - 3. By now, the players in Voinţa felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. With 40 minutes played, Y. Notev nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. Halftime score was 0 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Voinţa, with 57 percent of the ball.

Voinţa increased their lead after 52 minutes when M. Acıpayamlı broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. Știinţa's A. Şoarece was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 56 minutes. Y. Notev received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 60 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 5. The Voinţa fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. The home crowd cheered when, after 85 minutes, Y. Notev's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. With 86 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Știinţa resulted in a counterattack that set C. Stoian free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. Voinţa enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

C. Stoian performed admirably for Știinţa. On the other hand, I. Mocioalcă's play was disheartening. Most important Voinţa player was U. Nuzzo. However, M. Acıpayamlı made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 5.