brownisalbinegros 3 - 4 Torre (367345121)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 57372 that came out to Mariquita's Palace. Tullio Matteuzzi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Wilhelm Tieschowitz and Mikael Rosenin. brownisalbinegros had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Sabbe - Corona, De Rossi, Jansson - Mariş, Maracá, Winter, Medina, Chamarro - Daňo, Mellado.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Torre. They fielded: de la Maza - Lobo Heras, Pardo Otero, Carlés, Dolecki - Da Ying, Salas, Pocha, Colomer, Moreno - Nesensohn.

It was an obvious ambition of Torre to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Torre's R. Colomer after 22 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. The crowd roared in delight as J. Medina finished off a spectacular series of passes through the middle to even the score for brownisalbinegros 40 minutes into the match. 1 - 1. After 41 minutes, Torre's J. Lobo Heras fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! 42 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but B. Nesensohn, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. brownisalbinegros took the lead 43 minutes in, as A. Mellado broke through on the left and put the 2 - 1 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. It was 2 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Torre, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

The home team will be cursing A. Carlés for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 2 - 2 after 62 minutes. Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile G. Pocha. brownisalbinegros took the lead 69 minutes into the game by 3 - 2, as A. Mellado elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. A. Carlés found it hard to catch his breath today in the stifling heat. Players in Torre heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. The visitors' R. Colomer was alert after a cross coming in from the left, levelling the score at 3 - 3 after 72 minutes. A. Carlés would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. R. Berrios entered the game for Torre as the match clock showed 74 minutes. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Torre, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Torre took the lead after 85 minutes making the score 3 - 4. R. Dolecki placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. With the scoreboard showing that 86 minutes had been played, Torre nearly put themselves up another goal after B. Moreno came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. Torre enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

brownisalbinegros's top performer was clearly P. Daňo. E. De Rossi on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Torre player was without a doubt G. Pocha. R. Berrios was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 4.