Cigüeñas 0 - 0 Porquerolles (331418208)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 3481 to The Stork Nest. Héctor Barajas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bastian Regen and Sílvio Valverde. Cigüeñas decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. Lineup: Smith - Caponis, Pinillos, Contamina, Urbina Arce, Lamarain - Garcia, Vicens, Orozco, Keck - Coruxeira.

Porquerolles tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Chaudron - Cantone, Lethgau, Marchand - Nerrière, Cortes, Mahieu, Francini, De Jésus - Kirk, Garand.

Today, Porquerolles's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Cigüeñas's L. Vicens was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 9 minutes. 25 minutes into the game, E. Cortes almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Cigüeñas claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

L. Pinillos of Cigüeñas received a yellow card after 56 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Cigüeñas had to make a substitution after 66 minutes. L. Pinillos limped off the field and was replaced by D. Enderica. Good work by the Cigüeñas defensive line after 70 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found L. Vicens alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. Usually a powerful player on the field, T. Mahieu looked kind of pale and tired under the hot sun. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Cigüeñas, with 56 percent of the ball.

Cigüeñas's best player was D. Enderica. N. Coruxeira was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Porquerolles player was without a doubt A. Kirk. On the other hand, C. Marchand's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 0.