Football 1 - 4 dcamina (382889754)

Dark skies made the crowd of 31979 at Coliseum Miguel Cousau a little nervous, but the rain held off. Gábor Szirmay was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nils-Petter Johansson and Jorge Cerrato. Football tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Khripchenko - Hietala, Strukau, Zaborowski - van der Weij, Olazábal Solís, Crivelli, Infanzón, Shalom - Pedras, Popper.

dcamina decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. They fielded: Manrique - Bruguer, Montcada - Rius, Isasa, Fons, Aceña, Rebés - Cures, Suárez, Esquiel.

With 4 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. M. Cures put the ball away for 0 - 1. R. Unseld was called on to replace Football's Y. Shalom after 22 minutes following a nasty collision. A drive down the left side allowed J. Montcada to get in close and score another goal for dcamina after 23 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. Football's L. Hietala was shown a yellow card after 25 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 27 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave J. Suárez a chance to increase the lead for dcamina, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3. After 28 minutes D. Infanzón could have reduced the lead with a blistering strike from the left wing, had it not been for an excellent block by the visitors' keeper. After 30 minutes Football's M. Strukau limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Football enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

E. Khripchenko got a fingertip on M. Cures's shot from the left 50 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. G. Popper charged down the left and looked sure to score for Football 62 minutes into the game, but his shot went just wide. The home side worked their way through the middle and almost got one back when L. Hietala tried to sneak the ball past the keeper. F. Manrique was too alert for that! The referee showed dcamina's J. Montcada the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. D. Infanzón of Football had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. G. Maravilla came in to finish the match. The referee signalled a penalty 72 minutes into the game following an offence which looked like it was outside the box. B. Aceña knocked it home to make the score 0 - 4. By now, the players in dcamina felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. The home team's supporters got excited again when A. Zaborowski broke through the visitors' central defence and caught their keeper off guard, making it 1 - 4. 78 minutes in, dcamina's M. Cures received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Football needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 89 minutes A. Zaborowski made way for A. Gera. dcamina claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

Football's top performer was clearly M. Pedras. However, A. Gera made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating dcamina player was without a doubt C. Esquiel. F. Manrique turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 4.