Cantimpalos 2 - 4 F.C.BARCELONA.B (367375962)

33466 spectators arrived at campo de la vega, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Albert-Jan Gouda was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Amidou Gassamene and Rãzvan Avrămescu. Cantimpalos had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. Lineup: Rodrigues - Gamarra, Cotes, Barro, Sagreras, Bueu - Ungo, Novas, Sedlák - Castellón, Brión.

F.C.BARCELONA.B tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. They fielded: Galache - Pastoors, Palazzo - Badrutt, Xavier, Hägerborg, Malvido, Dominko - Bannier, Hesna, Mösner.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Cantimpalos. Today, F.C.BARCELONA.B's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Players in F.C.BARCELONA.B heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. J. Bannier had a good opportunity to give F.C.BARCELONA.B the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. F.C.BARCELONA.B took the lead after 17 minutes making the score 0 - 1. L. Malvido placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. A drive down the left side allowed J. Bannier to get in close and score another goal for F.C.BARCELONA.B after 29 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. Cantimpalos played a good counterattacking move down the left 34 minutes into the match, with M. Castellón finishing well for 1 - 2. After 37 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for A. Badrutt who increased F.C.BARCELONA.B's lead to 1 - 3. Confident in their lead, F.C.BARCELONA.B's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Halftime score was 1 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by F.C.BARCELONA.B, with 79 percent of the ball.

The coach of F.C.BARCELONA.B was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 50 minutes, G. Iruin came on for S. Hägerborg. Cantimpalos were given a free kick 55 minutes into the game, just after a swift counter attack broke down. Rather than shooting straight at goal, it was directed at the area just in front of the keeper. The attackers made several runs and made it hard for the defenders to protect their goal. After a short tussle with a defender, M. Castellón could finally lay the ball to rest behind the keeper. 2 - 3, and proof it can pay off to come prepared. With 67 minutes played, F.C.BARCELONA.B put themselves up 2 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was L. Malvido. With 81 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, A. Novas needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. F.C.BARCELONA.B's G. Palazzo got himself booked for a foul. F.C.BARCELONA.B claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 80 percent.

Most important Cantimpalos player was Š. Sedlák. C. Brión was a disappointment, however. L. Malvido performed admirably for F.C.BARCELONA.B. On the other hand, T. Galache's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 4.