Tazmania 4 - 3 dentistas (301228116)

70000 punters turned up at Posibcn, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Henri Vähätalo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Josef Grave and Karl Widerstrand. Tazmania started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Tricarico - Cobo, Katainen, Maralla - Konraad, Bolet, Quinche, Machtelinckx, Khaliqov - Carrick, Koč.

dentistas had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. They fielded: Schmidt - Carranza, Greig, Abrain, Carbonaro - Aleksovski, Freijoso, Skotnes, García-Atance, Oliveres - Jongeling.

Today, dentistas's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. O. Skotnes gave the visitors the lead 15 minutes into the match to make it 0 - 1. The goal was scored from the penalty spot after a handball in the penalty area. After 16 minutes, the dentistas players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. The home crowd was not impressed when O. Skotnes came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 19 minutes. dentistas were now up 0 - 2. Tazmania's C. Maralla got himself booked for a foul. Tazmania's S. Cobo was shown a yellow card after 35 minutes for slicing down an opponent. H. Khaliqov of Tazmania seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 1 - 2 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by C. Maralla. 42 minutes in, Tazmania's J. Katainen received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. K. Schmidt of dentistas had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. P. Castijo came in to finish the match. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Tazmania, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the dentistas coach let N. Scuderi replace D. Oliveres after 53 minutes. The crowd was on its feet 57 minutes into the match, as Tazmania's C. Maralla found himself unmarked in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 2 - 2 equaliser. dentistas's T. Aleksovski gave the visitors a 2 - 3 lead after 64 minutes with a superb strike from the right. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave N. Scuderi from dentistas a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 65 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! T. Aleksovski left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 67 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. O. Hiller was the replacement. After 70 minutes of play, C. Maralla equalised for Tazmania after an elegant attack from the right. Slack defending gave Tazmania a chance to take the lead with 70 minutes played, but H. Khaliqov's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. After 75 minutes, the Tazmania coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving H. Konraad off the field. H. Eng Tek took his place. Tazmania claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

With the scores being level after 90 minutes, the match went into extra time. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to C. Maralla, but the Tazmania player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 4 - 3! By then C. Maralla had scored three goals - a hat trick! With that Tazmania had won the game in extra time. Tazmania's best player was P. Tricarico. E. Bolet was a disappointment, however. The most dominating dentistas player was without a doubt A. Freijoso. P. Castijo on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 3.