Reales 0 - 0 Cool (348374644)

3755 spectators had found their way to Reales Arena, despite the heavy rain. Michael Pettersson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Maurice Gover and Tinu Schmid. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Reales. Starters: Maza - Martínez, Suonvieri, Valentini - Schmid, Espinoza, Colblom, Hansen - Ávila, Goncalvez, Peluffo.

Cool tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players took the field: Revshøj - Arbuthnott, Medeossi, Levi, Ituarte, Pavlovich - Rupčić, Carbonell, Avram, Bastos - Akbal.

Reales seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Good work by the Reales defensive line after 10 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found M. Valentini alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. Reales created a good opportunity to score 17 minutes into the match when D. Schmid'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. Cool's I. Avram could have put the guests one up after 35 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but E. Maza was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. Reales's V. Suonvieri got himself booked for a foul. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Cool enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.

With 47 minutes played, D. Schmid of Reales fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when E. Akbal was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 81 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! Reales's G. Peluffo was shown a yellow card after 83 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Unfortunately for Cool, M. Ituarte was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. D. Albu replaced him. M. Nordås was called on to replace Cool's M. Bastos after 86 minutes following a nasty collision. M. Espinoza's lack of experience almost gave Cool a goal after 87 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. 88 minutes into the match, Cool nearly took the lead, as D. Carbonell broke through on the right. E. Maza made the save, however. The guests almost went up by a goal after 89 minutes when I. Avram came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. Cool had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.

Reales's best player was V. Suonvieri. D. Schmid turned in a dismal performance, however. I. Avram performed admirably for Cool. On the other hand, M. Nordås's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 0.