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Giedrius Arlauskis

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Nicolai Larsen

Cornel Râpă

49'

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Henrik Dalsgaard

Łukasz SzukaĄa

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Kenneth Petersen

Fernando Varela

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Rasmus Thelander

Iasmin Latovlevici

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15'

Donny Gorter

Nicandro Breeveld

67'

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Mathias Wichmann

Andrei Prepeliță

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Rasmus Würtz (C)

Adrian Popa

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Kasper Risgard

Alexandru Chipciu (C)

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Nicolaj Thomsen

Lucian Sânmărtean

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63'

Anders Jacobsen

Claudiu Keșerü

74'

59'

Thomas Enevoldsen

Raul Rusescu

49'

15'

Soren Frederiksen

Paul Papp

67'

59'

Carsten Christensen

Gabriel Iancu

74'

63'

Nicklas Helenius

51'

1 - 0

59'

2 - 0

61'

3 - 0

65'

4 - 0

72'

5 - 0

73'

6 - 0

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57'

Nicolai Larsen

Not used: Valentin Cojocaru (GK), Lucian Filip, Nicolae Stanciu, Ionuț Neagu II - Thomas Augustinussen, Frederik Borsting, Andreas Bruhn, Kasper Pedersen

Thomas Enevoldsen hit the post for the Danish side moments after Lucian Sânmărtean had put Steaua in front, but AaB goalkeeper Nicolai Larsen was then dismissed for a tangle with Claudiu Ke?erü in the box. The resulting penalty was the first of two Raul Rusescu goals which came either side of a competition-record 12-minute hat-trick for his Steaua team-mate Keșerü. AaB had given Steaua a run for their money before the break, Giedrius Arlauskis saving from Anders Jacobsen, Enevoldsen and Soren Frederiksen, and the Danes had a right to feel hard done by when Steaua took the lead, Sânmărtean's 51st-minute cross finding its way into the net after team-mate Fernando Varela had failed to meet it with his head. Łukasz SzukaĄa then deflected Enevoldsen's header onto the post at the other end. Things crumbled rapidly for AaB thereafter. Substitute goalkeeper Carsten Christensen could not keep out Rusescu's penalty, before Alexandru Chipciu laid on goals for Ke?erü in the 61st, 65th and 72nd minutes - thus breaking Steven Gerrard's previous UEFA Europa League record, when he scored three in 14 minutes for Liverpool FC against SSC Napoli on 4 November 2010. Ke?erü turned provider on 73 minutes as Rusescu - recently returned from Sevilla FC - took centre stage again to help Steaua become the first side to score six goals in a UEFA Europa League game (group stage to final) since the competition's inception in 2009/10. [uefa.com]