Hidalgo 2 - 0 Arenella (366422493)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 12000 to "Footbattle-Arena". Osmund Keppel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Corsin von Buchwaldt and Mikael Ulfen. A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Hidalgo. Starters: Janisz - Yeo, de Mul, Beiza, Tchernyshenko, Habermeyer - Khoury, Bortolato, Chiarelli - Gysegom, Goesaert.

Arenella tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Pacé - Didò, Deutinger, Calvo, Jaber - Dermitzakis, Castillo, Abecassis, Zade - Radnitzky, Salve.

For their match strategy, Hidalgo had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. Today, Arenella's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. The head of C. de Mul connected with a corner kick after 5 minutes, and the ball ended up with G. Yeo of Hidalgo who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 1 - 0. Arenella were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. With 11 minutes played, Hidalgo's D. Chiarelli almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. After 21 minutes Hidalgo's C. de Mul had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. A. Juampera came in to replace him. After 36 minutes, Hidalgo's G. Tchernyshenko found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 2 - 0. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave F. Castillo from Arenella a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 67 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Arenella claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

Hidalgo's best player was D. Chiarelli. L. Gysegom on the other hand, had a terrible day. M. Salve performed admirably for Arenella. R. Didò was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 0.