United 0 - 9 Beiuş (380997487)

Dark skies made the crowd of 5835 at Lyon Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Slobodan Vučić was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Horacio Wulich and Abdón Acero. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for United. They fielded: Gheorghe - Plămădeală, Sebes, Moroşan, Neniţă - Lányi, Răducanu, Stratone, Butea - Merăoiu, Sobachkin.

Beiuş had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Lineup: Colin - Surowaniec, Brinson - Vătavu, Vasile, Ekrem, Agăfiţei, Rokić - Mikelj, Sousa Gomes, Kuter.

Beiuş used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Beiuş had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 16 minutes allowed J. Kuter to score for Beiuş. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. After 27 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave M. Vătavu a chance to increase the lead for Beiuş, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. 31 minutes into the game, Beiuş seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. The home crowd cheered when, after 35 minutes, J. Kuter's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. After 37 minutes, Beiuş's V. Mikelj burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3. J. Sousa Gomes of Beiuş took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 37 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 4. By now, the players in Beiuş felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. After 39 minutes, United's A. Gheorghe fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! Beiuş players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. J. Kuter received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 41 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 5. The Beiuş fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. 0 - 5 was the score after the first half. Beiuş had most of the ball, with 68 percent of possession.

During the break, Beiuş's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. With 51 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed A. Agăfiţei of Beiuş to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 6. 56 minutes into the game, Beiuş had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate. 58 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 7 as T. Rokić finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. After 60 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for V. Mikelj who increased Beiuş's lead to 0 - 8. The visitors' M. Ekrem took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 62 minutes into the match. 0 - 9 for Beiuş. 64 minutes in, Beiuş appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only weak. Beiuş claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

The most dominating United player was without a doubt C. Merăoiu. A. Gheorghe on the other hand, had a terrible day. Beiuş's best player was J. Sousa Gomes. M. Ekrem was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 9.