( 1-4-2-3-1 )

( 1-4-2-3-1 )

Giedrius Arlauskis

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Vladislav Stoyanov

Cornel Râpă

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Júnior Caiçara

Łukasz SzukaĄa

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Cosmin Moți

Fernando Varela

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Georgi Terziev

Iasmin Latovlevici

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Yordan Minev

Andrei Prepeliță (C)

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46'

Hristo Zlatinski

Nicandro Breeveld

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Svetoslav Dyakov (C)

Adrian Popa

83'

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Mihail Aleksandrov

Lucian Sânmărtean

90'+2

85'

Marcelinho da Costa

Nicolae Stanciu

57'

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Virgil Misidjan

Alexandru Chipciu

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Hamza Younés

Claudiu Keșerü

57'

46'

Fábio Espinho

Gabriel Iancu

83'

85'

Anicet Abel

Lucian Filip

90'+2

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88'

1 - 0

Alexandru Chipciu

35'

27'

Júnior Caiçara

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62'

Not used: Valentin Cojocaru (GK), Alin Toșca, Paul Pîrvulescu, Robert Vâlceanu - Ivan Èvorović (GK), Roman Bezjak, Aleksandar Aleksandrov, Daniel Abalo, Guilherme Choco

Alexandru Chipciu redeemed himself after missing a first-half penalty, scoring the only goal of the game with two minutes remaining to give FC Steaua București a narrow lead after the first leg of their UEFA Champions League play-off against PFC Ludogorets Razgrad. In a busy opening the first chance fell to Chipciu in the fourth minute as the forward blasted a shot just over the crossbar. The hosts were well on top but found it hard work breaking down the visiting back line until the 33rd minute, when midfielder Lucian Sânmărtean showed excellent control to round three men and enter the penalty area only to be fouled by Yordan Minev. Chipciu stepped up confidently to take the resulting spot kick but Ludogorets goalkeeper Vladislav Stoyanov produced a fine save to keep the score level. Perhaps frustrated following his miss, the No7 picked up a yellow card minutes later which rules him out of the second leg. Desperate to redeem himself, Chipciu almost broke the deadlock moments before the half-time whistle, again denied by Stoyanov after an excellent ball from Sânmărtean. Showing more attacking intent after the interval, Ludogorets began to threaten; Mihail Aleksandrov's volley from the left of the box was smartly kept out by Giedrius Arlauskis, Younes Hamza's goalbound shot was well blocked by Łukasz SzukaĄa and Marcelinho sent a header over the home bar. The visitors were made to pay for those misses in the 88th minute as Sânmărtean's cross was knocked down by SzukaĄa and Chipciu latched onto the loose ball to smash in from seven metres. [uefa.com]