perla 0 - 2 Cimbom (378225722)

Dark skies made the crowd of 3186 at Recerd del Mende a little nervous, but the rain held off. Lutz Gerharter was the appointed referee. perla had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Cafarelli - Duister, Lauria, Tabernero, Santiago, Rampinini - Nuñez, Morquecho, García - Tirado Torres, 敬翼 (Jingyi).

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Cimbom. They fielded: Rodeja - Adryan, Escobar, Arnaud, Ulam - Losonczi, Kalkan, Merrall, Taskos - Soto, Lundhgård.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of perla. Cimbom's D. Kalkan could have put the guests one up after 33 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but A. Cafarelli was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. perla almost scored after a swift counterattack 34 minutes into the game, but A. Morquecho put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. Cimbom's T. Soto got himself booked for a foul. 41 minutes into the game, E. Merrall had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came V. Aysal. perla almost scored after a counterattack 43 minutes into the match, but 段. 敬翼 (Jingyi) took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net. 44 minutes into the game, D. Kalkan was a hair's breadth away from giving Cimbom the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by A. Cafarelli saved the home team that time. One of many good crosses from B. Losonczi on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by T. Soto, who scored for Cimbom. 0 - 1 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Cimbom, with 59 percent of the ball.

Cimbom's J. Lundhgård was shown a yellow card after 72 minutes for slicing down an opponent. perla were forced into a substitution as M. Lauria couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing F. Massanés to come in off the bench. Cimbom's D. Kalkan had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 76 minutes having been played. W. Brocard was the replacement. M. Arnaud received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 82 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The Cimbom fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. L. Castellanos was called on to replace perla's J. García after 83 minutes following a nasty collision. Cimbom claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

Most important perla player was I. Tirado Torres. W. Nuñez on the other hand, had a terrible day. Cimbom's best player was J. Lundhgård. W. Brocard was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 2.