Diamantul 0 - 5 Orastie (365323835)

23790 spectators had come to Municipal this cloudy day. Alfredo Colucci was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ben Bianchi and Spiros Androulidakis. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Hunedoara derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. Diamantul tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Gobert - Matičić, Gedó, Sobreda, Podeanu - Georgescu, Neira, Johanneskirche, Špiler - Twomey, Poulsen.

Orastie had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Koskenheimo - Canals, Võsu, Schlotterhausen, Masili - Rodrigo Gil, Winkler, Fydryszewski, Klinser - Iversen, Ionică.

Diamantul decided to play creatively. A well placed corner kick from A. Iversen was followed by O. Masili's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Orastie, the score now 0 - 1. With 18 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed V. Canals of Orastie to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. Confident in their lead, Orastie's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. 27 minutes into the game, Orastie's A. Iversen surprised the visitors with a raking cross-field pass to M. Rodrigo Gil who easily found the back of the net, making the score 0 - 3. An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by Orastie's A. Iversen put the visitors up 0 - 4 after 34 minutes. It was 0 - 4 at the break. Orastie enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

The referee showed Orastie's H. Schlotterhausen the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. V. Canals could have put his team up another goal 69 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. Diamantul's C. Podeanu got himself booked for a foul. I. Võsu was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Orastie's J. Ortiz had to come off the bench. After 73 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed A. Iversen to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 5. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Diamantul's H. Poulsen was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 74 minutes. T. Magosi was given a chance to change things around. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, V. Canals got himself booked. The manager of Orastie was not happy. Orastie claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

Diamantul's best player was A. Twomey. However, U. Matičić made a disastrous appearance. Orastie's top performer was clearly M. Rodrigo Gil. On the other hand, H. Schlotterhausen's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 5.