romania_mare 1 - 0 BOZOK (393443596)

1314 punters turned up at romania_mare Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Cyrille Lazennec was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Chris Drake and Witek Sinkowski. romania_mare had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Zajančkauskis - Värri, Straumann, Anderson, van Wijnsberge - Szegő, Sechel, Covaci, Zahiu - Charrier, Berghänel.

A 5-5-0 alignment was the formation of choice for BOZOK. They fielded: Küçükbilezikçi - Mumcu, Baştuğ, Asbert, Smarz, Greisch - Málaga, Nehir, Passau, Soygüven, Provenzale -.

romania_mare clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. BOZOK saw most attack opportunities on the wings. romania_mare had a good opportunity to take the lead as A. Covaci came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of S. Küçükbilezikçi. When J. Smarz left the game because of a back injury after 8 minutes, BOZOK had to continue a man short due to there being no available replacements. romania_mare's N. Anderson got himself booked for a foul. romania_mare had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 13 minutes, but T. Värri's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. J. Málaga managed to make an excellent pass from the flank, but M. Provenzale was not as skillfull in scoring. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. BOZOK claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

romania_mare took the lead, 1 - 0, after a penalty 49 minutes into the match. T. Charrier scored from the penalty spot. C. Berghänel could have put romania_mare up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 61 minutes. With 71 minutes of the game having been played, S. Küçükbilezikçi received a blow to the hip in a collision and was unable to continue. BOZOK, with no available replacements, now faced the prospect of finishing the game with a reduced number of players. A field player had to replace the goalkeeper, and this difficult task fell to F. Mumcu . romania_mare enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

romania_mare's top performer was clearly T. Värri. A. Covaci was a disappointment, however. F. Greisch performed admirably for BOZOK. On the other hand, F. Mumcu's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 0.