blaugranas 0 - 8 Tatanka (367122488)

12000 spectators arrived at blaugranas estadi, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Sobiesław Łukasik was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gerhard Turan and Adriaan Italiaander. blaugranas had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Startsev - Parlar, Grúncharov, Chatalbashev, Krišanović - van Reisen, Gómez de Bonilla, Rangelov, Kodrov - Vúlchev, Emran.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Tatanka. The following players had been chosen: Kahlau - Beckell, Nützmann, Rerrer - Succu, Rodríguez, Pandzharov, 勇兴 (Yongxing) - Tynnilä, Grelaud, Holzwarth.

blaugranas were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Tatanka mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. It was obvious that team Tatanka had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. 0 - 1 was the score with 7 minutes played, after P. Grelaud cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Tatanka. 19 minutes in, blaugranas's D. Rangelov received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, A. Succu of Tatanka spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. The visitors' M. Holzwarth took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 25 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Tatanka. M. Tynnilä received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 26 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 3. The Tatanka fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. A late sliding challenge from D. Rangelov was deemed to be his second yellow card offence by the referee, resulting in him being sent off, and blaugranas left a man down. Tatanka players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. After 30 minutes, Tatanka's A. Succu burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 4. The players of Tatanka now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Halftime score was 0 - 4. Tatanka enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 69 percent of possession.

After 49 minutes, blaugranas's V. Vúlchev fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! After 51 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for D. Beckell who increased Tatanka's lead to 0 - 5. After 59 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave M. Tynnilä a chance to increase the lead for Tatanka, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 6. After 63 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed R. Pandzharov to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 7. After 74 minutes, Tatanka's A. Succu burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 8. The coach of Tatanka was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 79 minutes, G. Trucillo came on for M. Holzwarth. Tatanka claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 69 percent.

blaugranas's top performer was clearly Y. Emran. However, İ. Parlar made a disastrous appearance. P. Grelaud performed admirably for Tatanka. On the other hand, B. Nützmann's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 8.