Chapeleira 2 - 4 Atletico (206524053)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 19028 to Fortin Berete. Bonnand Dessa was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Emil Nemes and Adriano Diamanti. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Chapeleira. Starters: Alonso Ambrona - Canedo, Leeuw, Boogaard - Sutkevičius, Balmon, Dios, Dornier, Serimanakrit - Velázquez, Colla.

Atletico tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Nessl - Hansen, Stulla, Szwabowski - Cerdà, Rise, Villa, Colaço, Cornado - Zhakhov, Granberg.

After 3 minutes, M. Leeuw came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Chapeleira the lead. M. Granberg was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, Atletico's D. Szwabowski managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 1 - 1 Chapeleira created a good opportunity to score 29 minutes into the match when K. Sutkevičius's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. With 30 minutes played, B. Dornier of Chapeleira fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After 36 minutes, Atletico's S. Cerdà made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 1 - 2. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 41 minutes into the match, an alert B. Dornier bagged the ball for Chapeleira, levelling the score to 2 - 2. 2 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Chapeleira, with 52 percent of the ball.

A mistake by the home side's central defence after 55 minutes allowed K. Hansen to score for Atletico. The scoreboard now read 2 - 3. After 57 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed D. Cornado to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 2 - 4. Chapeleira's F. Velázquez found himself alone on the left side 59 minutes into the match and laid down a perfect shot - right into the arms of the keeper! With 60 minutes played, B. Canedo was very close to reducing the score for Chapeleira with a low drive from the left, but a defender stuck his foot out just in the nick of time, blocking the shot to a corner. Atletico's D. Cornado was shown a yellow card after 71 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The crowd gasped as Y. Zhakhov of Atletico was flattened by an opponent after 87 minutes and had to be carried off. A. Padkjær came in off the bench. Chapeleira had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

The most dominating Chapeleira player was without a doubt M. Leeuw. On the other hand, N. Alonso Ambrona's play was disheartening. Atletico's best player was J. Villa. K. Hansen on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 4.