FK.Spartak 0 - 1 Borcea (394193216)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and estadio Todor Diev saw a crowd turnout of 2979. Juan Araya was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Art Potthoff and Marlon Wuthrich. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for FK.Spartak. Starters: Izvorski - Ivanov, Savikangas, Thévenin, Andonov - Petkov, Hristov, Wamitz, Herrlein, Stamenov - Dimitrov.

Borcea started off with a 5-5-0 lineup. Lineup: Snel - Caelders, Murár, Cretu, Camoni, Catrinescu - Thoresen, Drăgănescu, Galletta, Curteanu, Adumitresei -.

FK.Spartak could have put themselves ahead after 35 minutes but B. Stamenov missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. FK.Spartak had a chance to take the lead after A. Thévenin's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 38 minutes. 39 minutes into the game, FK.Spartak seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. Z. Cretu of Borcea received a yellow card after 40 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 43 minutes into the game, Ø. Thoresen had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to FK.Spartak, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that FK.Spartak had solid organisation. S. Camoni would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. A. Daskalakis entered the game for Borcea as the match clock showed 46 minutes. 46 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Borcea substitution. K. Rodak came on for A. Murár. After 46 minutes, the Borcea coach had a quick word about the tactical set-up and decided to try another approach. The coach of Borcea wanted to try to change things around after 46 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. After 60 minutes, the Borcea coach made a sign to F. Drăgănescu, who soon changed positions with Ø. Thoresen. After 69 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as FK.Spartak found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to poor. FK.Spartak had no available replacements when I. Dimitrov had to leave the game after 74 minutes because of a pulled tendon, leaving the team a man short. The terraces were silenced after 77 minutes when Borcea's A. Daskalakis put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. No matter how hard he tried, A. Thévenin just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 82 minutes. FK.Spartak had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

B. Stamenov performed admirably for FK.Spartak. G. Izvorski was a disappointment, however. Most important Borcea player was G. Curteanu. On the other hand, M. Adumitresei's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 1.