artistas 3 - 2 Juventud (382887749)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and arena nou mestalla saw a crowd turnout of 58500. Kevin Ulfsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Konrad Turcza and Henrik Stensson. artistas decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Blanco - Mangstl, Celayeta, Novell - de Bever, Kerekes, Puiggermanal, Aceijas, Matos - Medih, Vernet.

Juventud started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Petruška - van Egeraat, Syvertsen, Ritter Hänel von Cronenthall - Ybarra Careaga, Martínez Sanz, García Carrasco, Muñarch, Kunt - Inbar, Schnürer.

The terraces were silenced after 5 minutes when Juventud's M. Schnürer put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. After 10 minutes, E. Celayeta made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1. artistas made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left F. Vernet completely alone with keeper R. Petruška, who made a spectacular block. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when D. Martínez Sanz was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 31 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! After 32 minutes artistas tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, G. Medih's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. D. Martínez Sanz had a good try after 33 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. It was 1 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Juventud, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

Juventud had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 56 minutes in when O. Syvertsen came up alone against S. Blanco who managed a block. 58 minutes in, artistas's D. Mangstl received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 69 minutes, the Juventud coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving V. Kunt off the field. C. Saura took his place. 75 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a artistas substitution. U. Parra came on for D. Novell. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Juventud's M. Schnürer after 76 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 1 - 2 lead. The crowd was on its feet 77 minutes into the match, as artistas's G. Medih found himself unmarked in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 2 - 2 equaliser. 79 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but M. Schnürer, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. G. Matos caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 86 minutes. This gave artistas the 3 - 2 lead. After 89 minutes, Juventud switched O. Syvertsen with M. Folsterhöhe, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Juventud, with 51 percent of the ball.

artistas's top performer was clearly G. Medih. However, S. Blanco made a disastrous appearance. Juventud's best player was Y. Inbar. On the other hand, C. Saura's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 2.