Langoliers 1 - 1 Ungheni (389971949)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 43439 at Langoliers Stadium today. Severino Echavarria was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jani Saari and Mihály Gerencsér. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Chişinău derby and the crowd was divided evenly. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Langoliers. The following players had been chosen: Ardalı - Znagovanu, Nezabivaikin, Protasov, Repetti, Diaur - Bajo Fernández, van Ophuizen, Cojuhari, Bîtcă - Datelinka.

Ungheni started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Abol - Bucher, Popovici, Schierstedt, Pagliaro - Yu, Agnoli, Bogaert, Morena - Baltag, Lucena.

M. Popovici of Ungheni seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 0 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by G. Bogaert. A tussle 22 minutes into the match resulted in a penalty being awarded to the home team and R. Protasov put the ball into the back of the net without any difficulty. That tied the score up at 1 - 1. Langoliers made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left C. Znagovanu completely alone with keeper A. Abol, who made a spectacular block. It was 1 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Ungheni, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Langoliers's C. Znagovanu left the field after 65 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was F. Falcon. Ungheni had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

R. Protasov performed admirably for Langoliers. F. Falcon was a disappointment, however. Ungheni's top performer was clearly A. Baltag. However, C. Pagliaro made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 1.