yardımcı hakemler: maciej wierzbowski (pol), piotr sadczuk (pol)
4. hakem: marcin borski (pol)
steaua: martin tudor (gk), florentin dumitru (dk. 78 florin lovin), dorinel munteanu, nicolae dică, eugen baciu, petre marin, daniel oprita (dk. 85 ), george ogăraru, sorin paraschiv, sorin ghionea, adrian neaga (c) (dk. 88 nana falemi)
yedekler: florin dobre (gk), adrian pitu, mihai neşu, andrei cristea
teknik direktör: walter zenga (ita)
standard liège: vedran runje (gk), eric deflandre (c), ivica dragutinović, oguchi onyewu, juan ramon curbelo, gonzague van dooren, philippe léonard, sambegou bangoura (dk. 62 jari niemi), miljenko mumlek, karel geraerts, mohamed tchité (dk. 77 gilles colin)
yedekler: michael turnbull (gk), laurent gomez, jonathan walasiak, carlos alberto, jorge wiston
steaua see off standard challenge published: thursday 21 october 2004, 23.00cet fc steaua bucuresti 2-0 r. standard de liège the home side register twice in the second half to win.
by paul-daniel zaharia at ghencea stadium
fc steaua bucuresti got their uefa cup group b campaign off to a fine start after second-half goals earned the side a 2-0 win at home against r. standard de liège.
diving header despite earnest attacking play from both teams, the game remained scoreless until ivica dragutinovic headed into his own net on 68 minutes in trying to clear dorinel munteanu's left-wing cross. with nine minutes remaining, and standard pressing for an equaliser, steaua's stand-in captain adrian neaga converted sorin paraschiv's cross from the opposing flank to make the game safe.
radoi absence neaga was wearing the armband because mirel radoi was out with a knee injury, while goalkeeper vasili khomutovski, tiberiu curt and gabriel bostina were also missing for steaua. standard had wamberto and sérgio conceição sidelined and jonathan walasiak was only fit enough for the bench.
attacking intent despite the absence of so much attacking flair, standard looked dangerous from the kick off. sambegou bangoura and mohamed tchite were a constant threat as karel geraerts looked to expose the languid pace of steaua centre-backs catalin eugen baciu and sorin ghionea.
oprita threat but despite all the visitors' endeavour, it was steaua who created the better chances, with philippe leonard almost forced to head into his own net following good work from neaga and daniel oprita. the central defender quickly showed his poise though, producing a timely intervention to deny oprita.
deflandre danger standard regained their composure during the interval and began the second half in a much more threatening fashion, with eric deflandre's powerful cross causing problems for romanian goalkeeper martin tudor.
parma matches however, with the game seemingly heading towards a draw, dragutinovic scored the crucial own goal, before neaga added a second as steaua claimed the win. the romanian side now travel to italy on 4 november to face parma fc, whom standard then play host to three weeks later.
uefa kupası'nın yeni formatına göre 1. turu geçecek olan takımlar, bu sezon ilk kez grup maçları oynayacak. 40 takımın 5'erli 8 grupta mücadele edeceği bu turda her takım 2'si içerde, 2'si dışarıda olmak üzere 4 maç oynayacak. gruplarında ilk 3'e giren 24 ekip, avrupa şampiyonlar ligi'nde gruplarında 3. olarak gelecek 8 takımla birlikte üçüncü turda eşleşerek, 16 ve 24 şubat tarihlerinde eleme oynayacak. bundan sonraki turlarda da çift maçlı eleminasyon sisteminin uygulanacağı kupada final maçı, 18 mayıs'ta portekiz'in lizbon kentinde yapılacak.
beşiktaş'ın yer aldığı uefa kupası b grubu'nda bu akşam iki karşılaşma oynanacak. siyah-beyazlıların ilk hafta bay olduğu grupta, s.bükreş, 20.15'te standard liege'i ağırlıyor.
s.bükreş ve bilbao galip beşiktaş'ın yer aldığı uefa kupası b grubu'nda dün iki maç oynandı. rumen takımı steaua bükreş evinde konuk ettiği standart liege'yi 2-0 yendi. gruptaki diğer maçta ise a.bilbao, parma engelini 2-0'la geçti.
