Sporting 4 - 2 W.L.F. (366004647)

55000 punters turned up at Sporting Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Antonio Pérez Melgarejo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Guschti Cohn and Oiva Paananen. Sporting decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. They fielded: Reimondez - Kubeček, Korvin, Canà - San Martín, Grabari, Améndola, Burton - Green, Svahn, Rubio Morales.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for W.L.F.. Starters: Fergelis - Gripenberg, Lefrançois - Palickaitis, De Gregori, Scarpa, Bruno, Massai - Girlanda, Parton, Tolloi.

J. San Martín gave Sporting the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 21 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as K. Green broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for Sporting. The visitors replied 29 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 2 - 1, as R. Bruno dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. A great save by keeper S. Fergelis after 35 minutes kept the visitors in the game after A. Svahn struck from the left with a real cannonball. V. Grabari could have put Sporting up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 39 minutes. S. Fergelis was caught napping as J. Kubeček lifted a ball over him following a free kick, but the ball hit the bar, rebounding into the keeper's arms. 2 - 1 was the score after the first half. Sporting claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

M. Parton finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 2 - 2 57 minutes into the match. Sporting took the lead 64 minutes into the game by 3 - 2, as V. Canà elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. With 68 minutes played, D. Palickaitis of W.L.F. fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Cheers filled the stadium as J. San Martín broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 2 to Sporting. Possession in this half belonged to Sporting, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Most important Sporting player was K. Green. On the other hand, I. Reimondez's play was disheartening. F. Scarpa performed admirably for W.L.F.. D. Palickaitis on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 2.