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Spectators: 6818 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 100) Leicester City's Costică Lupșoiu started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. David Pânzaru kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Cosmin Măguran sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. F.C Rapid Bucuresti's Ovidiu Țepeluș played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Costică Lupșoiu in the 8th minute of play. David Apopei's late challenge caught a Leicester City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. David Apopei helped the player get up and apologised. David Apopei hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Ovidiu Țepeluș showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cosmin Măguran in the 18th minute of the match. Leicester City's Cosmin Măguran got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pavel Ibrișin's late challenge caught a Leicester City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pavel Ibrișin helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, F.C Rapid Bucuresti's Pavel Ibrișin got a free kick in the 26th minute. The supporters of F.C Rapid Bucuresti booed when Leicester City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Costică Lupșoiu didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Cosmin Măguran had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ovidiu Țepeluș stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Costică Lupșoiu's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. Ovidiu Barboni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 陈枫适 having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in F.C Rapid Bucuresti's zone, Cosmin Măguran stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ovidiu Țepeluș came out of the goal and Cosmin Măguran tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Leicester City's Cosmin Măguran got a free kick in the 42nd minute. David Pânzaru took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 47th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for 陈枫适. Leicester City's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ovidiu Barboni stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cosmin Măguran scored 0-1 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ovidiu Țepeluș, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Costică Lupșoiu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ovidiu Țepeluș having to make a save. David Apopei hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cosmin Măguran in the 58th minute of play forced F.C Rapid Bucuresti's goalkeeper Ovidiu Țepeluș to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Costică Lupșoiu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Ovidiu Țepeluș tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ovidiu Țepeluș made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costică Lupșoiu in the 68th minute of play. If Vali Florescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 95th match minute, F.C Rapid Bucuresti was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Apopei to maneuver through the defense. F.C Rapid Bucuresti's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Costică Lupșoiu 97 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-2. When the match was over Leicester City could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than F.C Rapid Bucuresti throughout the match.