StoneCold 2 - 1 aguasalio (383237608)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 3845 at StoneColdStadium today. Rodrigo Atacaite was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Robin Paust and Denny Lander. StoneCold tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Altès - Gana, Recio Castillo, Naranjo, Cerezales - Belizón, Patero, Martínez Rueda, Romero Sánchez - Vispieres, Enrile.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for aguasalio. The following players had been chosen: Veloso - Henestrosa, Camós, Saquim, Viturro - Gitschner, Picasso, Reina, Aparisi Miralles - Gutiérrez Arce, Taviel.

StoneCold seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. StoneCold took the lead after 6 minutes as a result of U. Patero's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, R. Gana got himself booked. The manager of StoneCold was not happy. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 28 minutes, StoneCold tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. StoneCold's C. Enrile swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. aguasalio's N. Saquim was shown a yellow card after 35 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The player down was J. Belizón. The StoneCold bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. A great save by keeper R. Veloso after 37 minutes kept the visitors in the game after L. Recio Castillo struck from the left with a real cannonball. Halftime score was 1 - 0. StoneCold enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

54 minutes into the match, a typically brave header by C. Enrile from P. Romero Sánchez's cross looped just over the opposing goalkeeper's desperate reach. Goal for StoneCold, making the score 2 - 0. J. Altès made a brilliant save 58 minutes into the match, blocking a rocket of a shot from R. Aparisi Miralles on the right hand side. With 67 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, J. Reina needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. StoneCold had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. aguasalio's C. Gutiérrez Arce got himself booked for a foul. StoneCold were forced into a substitution as J. Belizón couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing J. Barrera to come in off the bench. 71 minutes into the match, aguasalio replied and reduced the lead to 2 - 1. K. Gitschner scored on a marvellous cross pass coming in from the left. It was obvious that team StoneCold had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. StoneCold had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

StoneCold's top performer was clearly C. Vispieres. J. Barrera was a disappointment, however. The most dominating aguasalio player was without a doubt A. Henestrosa. However, R. Veloso made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 1.