Sporting 1 - 1 casti (367355810)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 55965 at La Pumarada today. Giorgio Indelicato was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Izaak Lubout and Jan Tranbom. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Sporting. The following players took the field: Costa - van der Well, Irabarreta, Costa - Errandonea, Davi, Duinker, Oswaldt, Tennur - Piñol, Irvin.

casti decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Solano - Paillalef, Bestué, Möttölä - Morel, Burel, Soubrier, Kottke, Iturbide - Lindsey, Everts.

J. García de Barbón was called on to replace casti's O. Möttölä after 11 minutes following a nasty collision. S. Burel dispatched a majestic long shot 22 minutes into the match, but missed the goal by a few metres. Sporting had a chance to take the lead after K. Duinker's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 23 minutes. The visiting Y. Kottke was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 26 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. With 29 minutes played, Sporting's K. Duinker found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. 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 L. Iturbide from casti a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 49 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! A loud groan was heard from the fans of Sporting, as J. Piñol left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. P. Mique took his place on the field. The Sporting captaincy was handed to J. Oswaldt. B. Irvin of Sporting seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 1 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by P. Mique. 69 minutes into the game, T. Morel had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Sporting, with 51 percent of the ball.

Sporting's top performer was clearly R. Irabarreta. However, P. Mique made a disastrous appearance. Most important casti player was Y. Kottke. G. Solano turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 1.