Juventud 2 - 1 Pinganillo (378335180)

It had rained all day, but 55250 hardy fans still made it out to Dios No Existe. Tim Kipermann was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Axel Nied and Vidar Ingvaldsen. Juventud decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Petruška - van Egeraat, Syvertsen, Ritter Hänel von Cronenthall - Hermann, Muñarch, Martínez Sanz, Verano, Bąkowski - Leclerc, Naz.

Pinganillo tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players took the field: Borisavljević - Rodríguez, Dundov, Sauvage, Herford, Lage - Domínguez, Stoyanov, Eliyahu, Kuthan - Espregueira.

Juventud saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Pinganillo. İ. Naz was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. Juventud had a chance to take the lead after A. Leclerc's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 23 minutes. Juventud had a good opportunity to take the lead as J. Muñarch came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of Z. Borisavljević. Pinganillo mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 35 minutes, but A. Kuthan was unable to convert from short range. J. Bąkowski of Juventud seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 1 - 0 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by N. van Egeraat. Juventud put themselves up 2 - 0 when D. Martínez Sanz broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Confident in their lead, Juventud's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Juventud's N. van Egeraat got himself booked for a foul. Pinganillo were forced into a substitution as B. Espregueira couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing G. Desgro to come in off the bench. Pinganillo almost scored after a swift counterattack 43 minutes into the game, but M. Dundov put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. The referee showed Juventud's D. Martínez Sanz the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. N. Domínguez was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Pinganillo's K. Koulos had to come off the bench. Pinganillo's P. Sauvage refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 44 minutes. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Juventud enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 67 percent of possession.

Attacking on the wings was the choice for Juventud, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Juventud's İ. Naz swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. K. Koulos was in the clear after breaking the offside trap following a Pinganillo counterattack from the left after 56 minutes. His neat finish made the score 2 - 1. Pinganillo had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 62 minutes, but B. Eliyahu's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. With the scoreboard clock showing 73 minutes, the inexperienced Juventud team fell into disarray. E. Hermann wanted to play on, but the Juventud coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 76 minutes into the game by W. Ybarra Careaga. Possession in this half belonged to Juventud, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

The most dominating Juventud player was without a doubt A. Leclerc. However, W. Ybarra Careaga made a disastrous appearance. M. Dundov performed admirably for Pinganillo. On the other hand, K. Koulos's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 1.