Espinete 0 - 1 Metralla (383030389)

14861 spectators had come to Espinete Gijón Arena this cloudy day. Leonardo Calimeño was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Krzysiek Panter and Wolfgang Krebs. Espinete tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Munteanu - Saarland, Neiva, Carrasco - Ashman, Serrano, Nogueira, Rubio, Freixenet - Pučkorius, Paez.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Metralla. Starters: Ben-Harush - Sille, Calatayud, Falomir - Toompere, Pilegaard, Tokuzer, Vrijsen - da Vide, Galiñanes, Torramorell.

Espinete clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. The guests took the lead 8 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in D. Calatayud scoring to make it 0 - 1. On any other day, A. Nogueira's free kick would have found the back of the net to tie the game for Espinete, but not today - the visitors' keeper displayed extraordinary reflexes as he blocked the shot harmlessly to the side. With 33 minutes played, Espinete's A. Freixenet found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Espinete, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

Metralla came close to extending their lead as L. Torramorell delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 52 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. R. Toompere wanted to play on, but the Metralla coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 61 minutes into the game by P. La Porta Garcia. After 72 minutes, Espinete switched A. Freixenet with S. Vinslauskas, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. A. Nogueira could have scored for Espinete with his free kick after 78 minutes, but the visitors' keeper just managed to get a hand on it. Espinete claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

The most dominating Espinete player was without a doubt L. Pučkorius. S. Vinslauskas on the other hand, had a terrible day. D. Calatayud performed admirably for Metralla. On the other hand, C. Falomir's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 1.