ELPIERDO 3 - 0 A.C. (366087299)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Filpi Stadion saw a crowd turnout of 27624. Juan Luis Fuentes was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kaj Johansen and Ben Vögele. ELPIERDO started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Marques - Mirandinha, Gaitán, Tomčiak - Zagozda, Pipík, Tjalve, Azevedo, Fortin - Martínez Blanco, Pezzoli.

A.C. decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Zuccolotto - Asser, Niv, Feders - Mardi, Civo de Sopranis, Maddelein, Espinhel, Nunziante - Nuhiu, Guette.

ELPIERDO were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. A. Vorobey was called on to replace A.C.'s É. Guette after 34 minutes following a nasty collision. The referee signaled a penalty for the home side after 37 minutes, amid vocal protests from the visitors. ELPIERDO fans erupted in celebration as J. Gaitán rifled the ball into the the top corner. 1 - 0! Players in ELPIERDO heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. It was 1 - 0 at the break. ELPIERDO had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

With 58 minutes played, ELPIERDO put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to O. Pipík, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. The players of ELPIERDO now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. The bench was restless, and with 65 minutes passed A.C.'s coach gave Y. Burkhardt-Esser the opportunity the player had been hoping for. J. Asser reluctantly left the field. After 70 minutes, A.C. switched P. Nunziante with M. Holger, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. ELPIERDO put themselves up 3 - 0 when O. Pipík broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Coming from the right, G. Martínez Blanco almost managed to score another goal for ELPIERDO, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. ELPIERDO claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

S. Zagozda performed admirably for ELPIERDO. F. Mirandinha on the other hand, had a terrible day. A.C.'s best player was A. Niv. Y. Burkhardt-Esser was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 0.