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Spectators: 7814 (Terracing: 5862, Seating: 1797, VIP seats: 155) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cezar Alexandru kicked off to start the match. The supporters of F.C. STEAUA BUCURESTI booed when UFC STEAUA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nistor Fenici didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cezar Alexandru in the 7th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eugen Curtean prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Eugen Curtean took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albert Hodorog, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of UFC STEAUA booed when F.C. STEAUA BUCURESTI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Petre Ganea didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cezar Alexandru in the 12th minute of play forced F.C. STEAUA BUCURESTI's goalkeeper Eugen Curtean to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 15 minutes into the game, Cezar Alexandru cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Eugen Curtean was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Cezar Alexandru's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eugen Curtean was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Cezar Alexandru succeeded in the game's 24th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-3. After 26th play minutes Cezar Alexandru shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Eugen Curtean and just under the crossbar into goal. Eugen Curtean took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cezar Alexandru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 36 minutes, the score became 0-6 when Cezar Alexandru sped through F.C. STEAUA BUCURESTI's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Eugen Curtean. The supporters of UFC STEAUA booed when F.C. STEAUA BUCURESTI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Qiao Cheng didn't get a good kick on the ball. The F.C. STEAUA BUCURESTI players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. UFC STEAUA were winning 0-6.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Maksymilian Traczewski to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Cezar Alexandru reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Eugen Curtean. The goal made the score 0-7. F.C. STEAUA BUCURESTI's Eugen Curtean played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cezar Alexandru in the 57th minute of play. In the 58th minute of the match UFC STEAUA got a corner. F.C. STEAUA BUCURESTI's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nelson Mendoza ran over to the corner to take the kick. Cezar Alexandru had several of the F.C. STEAUA BUCURESTI's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 60 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-8 score and a disappointed Eugen Curtean as he didn't even see the shot coming. After a defensive mix-up in F.C. STEAUA BUCURESTI's zone, Albert Hodorog stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eugen Curtean came out of the goal and Albert Hodorog tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Cezar Alexandrus short, quick shot in the 66thth minute got Eugen Curtean to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 66th match minute, F.C. STEAUA BUCURESTI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maksymilian Traczewski to maneuver through the defense. In the 68thth minute of the game Cezar Alexandru who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but F.C. STEAUA BUCURESTI's Eugen Curtean was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 70 minutes into the match, F.C. STEAUA BUCURESTI's goal looked a bit too open when Cezar Alexandru came free, but Eugen Curtean reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eugen Curtean stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Albert Hodorog's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. In the 73rd minute Cezar Alexandru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugen Curtean saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 76th match minute, UFC STEAUA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hermengildo Jobo to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 78 minutes, Cezar Alexandru put it in 0-9 from a short distance just to the right of Eugen Curtean. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cezar Alexandru in the 86th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eugen Curtean saved F.C. STEAUA BUCURESTI from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cezar Alexandru in the 90th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eugen Curtean prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Eugen Curtean came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by UFC STEAUA's Nelson Mendoza. But to his dismay, Nelson Mendoza quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-10. In the 95th match minute, UFC STEAUA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Palmiro Mourinho to maneuver through the defense. UFC STEAUA played a much better game than F.C. STEAUA BUCURESTI and deserved their victory. The F.C. STEAUA BUCURESTI players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.