yardımcı hakemler: andrea consolo (ita), alessandro griselli (ita)
4. hakem: nicola giovanni ayroldi (ita)
rapid bucureşti: emilian dolha, răzvan raţ, florin soava, valentin bădoi, robert ilyes (dk. 64 ionut voicu), dănuţ perjă, florin bratu (dk. 72 nicolae constantin), marius maldarasanu, daniel niculae (dk. 53 robert nita), adrian iencsi (c), vasile maftei
yedekler: ionut curca, nicolae grigore, ioan sabău, cornel buta
teknik direktör: mircea rednic (rou)
vitesse: dragoslav jevrić, tim cornelisse, dejan stefanovic (c), purrel frankel, mustapha riga (dk. 87 emile m'bamba), gert claessens, evgen levchenko, bob peeters, matthew amoah (dk. 78 theo janssen (dk. 88 nicky hofs)), marián zeman, aleksandar ranković
yedekler: jimmy van fessem, jhon van beukering, michael jansen, kalle sone
teknik direktör: mike snoel (ned)
goller: (0-1) dk. 61 bob peeters
sarı kartlar: dk. 35 marius maldarasanu, dk. 84 nicolae constantin (rapid bucureşti) dk. 9 mustapha riga, dk. 29 gert claessens, dk. 45 purrel frankel, dk. 75 marián zeman (vitesse)
vitesse ensure rapid result published: thursday 3 october 2002, 21.06cet fc rapid bucuresti 0-1 sbv vitesse (agg: 1-2) bob peeters goal sends vitesse through.
sbv vitesse came out of the giulesti stadium in bucharest with a deserved 1-0 victory against fc rapid bucuresti in their uefa cup first round second-leg encounter, qualifying for the second round with a 2-1 aggregate win.
peeters the hero vitesse’s towering striker bob peeters was the hero of the night, as he capped a powerful performance with a well-taken goal on 62 minutes as rapid aimed to defend their slender away goal advantage.
ferocious tackling having equalised in the closing stages in the first leg, rapid were reluctant to commit men forward and vitesse certainly had the better of the first half as they took the initiative from the kick-off. with some ferocious tackling and spells of sustained possession, the visitors looked the more likely to break the deadlock.
poor crossing however, the quality of crossing in the final third let them down, as rapid defenders vasile maftei and adrian iensci proved themselves adept at dealing with peeters in the early stages.
goal gaping the best opportunity fell to mathew amoah with only 12 minutes gone. the tireless tim cornelisse found space on the right and whipped in a dangerous cross but with the goal gaping, amoah headed over – clashing heads with maftei in the process.
long ball while rapid defended well, they could not break down vitesse as they headed forward. they struggled to work the ball through a tight midfield, and too often resorted to the long ball - a tactic that played into the hands of dejan stefanovic and his central defensive partner marian zeman.
amoah lively the second half saw vitesse continue were they let off. amoah continued to look lively, and after volleying narrowly over, went even closer with his next effort – heading against the bar. then peeters struck to ease vitesse’s nerves, placing a powerful left-footed drive inside the post from the edge of the box.
few chances rapid were spurred into action by the goal, but took their time to commit numbers forward. they continued to rely on the long ball but, other than a few half chances, never looked like equalising.
