2011-10-12 01:10:41

Dan Petrescu's team did not care about Universitatea's celebration and clearly won the opening match of "Dr. Mircea Luca" Stadium.

"The cossacks", as Kuban Krasnodar is nicknamed, scored the first goal in the 9th minute, by Kulik, with an exceptional execution: lateral scissors kick, from a excellent cross from Varga.

The score became 2-0 after a run by Davydov, who left Szilagy and Pele on his way to the goal and executed Popa with a shot in the far corner.

Our first chance came in the 29th minute, when Niculescu's header from Grecu's cross just missed. Four minutes later Bostina missed the target by just a little, with a shot from 30 meters. Niculescu did not have more luck at his power shot from the 35th minute, same as Tony in the 49th, whose shot was saved by the Russian goal-keeper.

Tony had the first great opportunity of the second half. After a combination with Marinescu, he hit the post (52nd). Tony also almost scored from Cojocnean's cross (57th), but Budakov caught the ball just before it crossed the goal line.

However, those who scored were the Russians, by the same Davydov, who put the ball in the net from near a sleepy Szukala. The German/Polish defender was also the culprit at the 4th Kuban goal, scored by Rijkov in the 74th.

Until the end, the most intersting moments happened in Granstand II, where the spectators started a paper plane throwing contest. The winner managed to send a plane to the goal. However, the goal did not count.


“U" Cluj - Kuban Krasnodar 0-4 (0-2)
Scorerd: Kulik 9, Davydov 25, 59, Rijkov 74
Yellow card: Abrudan 87
"U": Popa - Unguruşan, Szilagyi, Pele, Grecu - Cojocnean, Boştină, Menassel, Mendy - Niculescu, Machado. Coach: Ionuţ Badea. Also played: Matache, Pojar, Achim, Abrudan, Szukala, Bazzi, Păcurar, Marinescu, Tony, Morar, Boşneag, Voican, Balde
Kuban: Belenov - Kozlov, Zelao, Bendz, Bugaev - Ruslanovich - Varga, Komkov, Kulik, Kubik - Davydov. Coach: Dan Petrescu. Also played: Budakov, Rogochy, Zhilayev, Danilo, Fiedler, Sekret, Karyukin, Rijkov
Referees: Cristian Balaj (Baia Mare) - Nagy Miklos and Szabo Gero (both from Cluj-Napoca)
Stadium: Dr. Mircea Luca. Spectators: 25.000

Conclusions:
- For the first time in Ardeal's history more than 25000 spectators assisted at a friendly game
- Universitatea fans' coreography was amazing. We will add photos in the "Foto" section
- The lighting is excellent
- The stadium's acoustics is very good. Too bad that most of the time only a certain part of the spectators sang
- The turf is excellent, except for the areas where Mendy is playing
- The ucluj.ro team was reunited after a long time, coming from Germany, Italy and USA. The only one missing was Gabi Demo from Bucharest. După mult timp, toată echipa ucluj.ro s-a reunit, venind din Germania, Italia şi SUA. A lipsit doar „bucureşteanul“ Gabi Demo
- „Sisi“ was Universitatea's captain
- Păcurar can't find his form in friendly games either
- We froze to death!