Banana 0 - 5 Luceafarul (392396276)

The 18163 fans in attendance at Under Construction were roasting in the hot sun. Juan Gonzalez was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Göran Klangskär and Henrik Karler. Banana tactics involved an interesting 4-3-3 combination. Starters: Barata - Popkowski, Manfreda, Dinçmen, Zollinger - Santamaria, van Witsen, Szánthó - Ceglarski, Dubbeling, Bauthier.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Luceafarul. They fielded: Sharir - Geibler, Ezinga, Von der Mühll, Peak - Gazzea, Warnier, Moltke, Surgontas, Franceschini - Iversen.

Banana seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. The sun seemed to put K. Dubbeling in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. Luceafarul took the lead after 10 minutes making the score 0 - 1. S. Franceschini placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. Luceafarul's P. Gazzea was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 13 minutes. Banana were able to draw a foul with their counterattacks, but the shot from K. van Witsen went into the arms of the keeper. After 27 minutes of game time, D. Ezinga had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but F. Barata was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. Banana's K. van Witsen got himself booked for a foul. 31 minutes into the game, Banana seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a weak level of organisation. After 34 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed L. Moltke to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. Some fine movement on the left led to a Luceafarul goal after 38 minutes, making it 0 - 3. G. Iversen was noted down as the scorer. 0 - 3 was the halftime score. Luceafarul had most of the ball, with 74 percent of possession.

A review of the gameplan helped Banana get back to a solid organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. A drive down the left side allowed G. Iversen to get in close and score another goal for Luceafarul after 53 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 4. After this, you could see that the players of Luceafarul were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. As usual, P. Gazzea tried to use his strength and hard work for the benefit of the team, but the heat hit him hard and he couldn't keep pace at all. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, L. Bauthier got himself booked. The manager of Banana was not happy. With 86 minutes played, Luceafarul put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was S. Franceschini. Possession in this half belonged to Luceafarul, who controlled the ball 70 percent of the time.

The most dominating Banana player was without a doubt A. Manfreda. L. Bauthier on the other hand, had a terrible day. Luceafarul's top performer was clearly G. Iversen. I. Sharir turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 5.