IMPREZ 2 - 0 Steaua (393568026)

2282 spectators had found their way to Narew Arena, despite the heavy rain. Leo Lécrivain was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nino Sotirakis and Knut Hingst. IMPREZ started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Szczepocki - Tarchała, Kudera, De Mezel, Kwolek - Maillard, Kolczyk, Rorat, Pałęga - Rossi Nicolino, Ferster.

Steaua had chosen a strategic 5-2-1 formation. Starters: Manea - Brunaud, de Sousa, Lettieri, Ursea, Budihală - Strandberg, Agasucci - Eşkin.

IMPREZ saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Steaua tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Thighs bulging, G. Agasucci charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. After a fine move down the middle M. Kolczyk nearly gave the home side a goal after 3 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. P. Rorat had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. IMPREZ had a chance to take the lead after P. Tarchała's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 20 minutes. 29 minutes into the game, Steaua seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. Steaua had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 39 minutes in when S. Eşkin came up alone against Ł. Szczepocki who managed a block. IMPREZ's counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing P. Rorat to score easily from the right flank for 1 - 0. IMPREZ's Y. Maillard was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 41 minutes. 42 minutes into the game, Steaua had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to weak. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the forty-five minutes.

The Steaua players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a passable organisation when the game started again. C. Rossi Nicolino unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. P. Rorat received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 77 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. After 87 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Steaua found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. P. Tarchała increased IMPREZ's lead to 2 - 0 with a penalty spot cannonball. By now, the players in IMPREZ felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 89 minutes into the game, Steaua seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. Against a lesser team, IMPREZ could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 89 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by IMPREZ, with 51 percent of the ball.

The most dominating IMPREZ player was without a doubt O. Kudera. J. De Mezel on the other hand, had a terrible day. P. Strandberg performed admirably for Steaua. However, R. Ursea made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 0.