FCSB won in Thessaloniki, with PAOK, but not without suffering. The match started in a balanced tone, both teams studied each other carefully for 47 minutes. In the 48th minute, Darius Olaru crosses perfectly for Bîrligea who puts a goal ahead for FCSB. Unexpected end of the half.
In the second half, the passer from the goal, Olaru makes an inexplicable foul in the middle of the field and receives a second yellow, implicitly the red one. With one man less, FCSB barricades itself in its own box and fights to maintain the advantage. And it succeeds, PAOK has one more bar and only a few timid opportunities to score until the end.
