Arenteiro 2 - 3 JAGTEAM (367356276)

Dark skies made the crowd of 39764 at Campo Novo a little nervous, but the rain held off. Marco Gentile was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Protazy Czudak and Markus Mæland. Arenteiro decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Alsina - Iswald, Campillo, Viault, Tornos - Tiippana, Ulloa, Riedel, Ledu - Rehmann, Knef.

JAGTEAM had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Kelkka - Lemmenmeier, Fransson, Rodrigues - Verdés, Escandon, Sindreu, Arzalluz, Lilli - Mortier, Malo García.

Arenteiro mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to F. Tornos, but the Arenteiro player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! The referee was not popular with the home supporters after he awarded JAGTEAM a controversial penalty after 14 minutes. L. Malo García made no mistake, levelling the score at 1 - 1. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 30 minutes into the match, and U. Lemmenmeier wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 1 - 2 for the visitors. The referee showed Arenteiro's A. Viault the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. L. Malo García was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so JAGTEAM's M. Arent had to come off the bench. Halftime score was 1 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to JAGTEAM, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

After 51 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by Arenteiro was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. That Arenteiro's F. Tornos has the ability of doing what no one expects him to do was shown as he ran over an opposing defender, snatched the ball and passed to T. Rehmann who hit it hard into the wide open goal after 69 minutes: 2 - 2! After 70 minutes, JAGTEAM's C. Arzalluz made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 2 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by JAGTEAM, with 53 percent of the ball.

Arenteiro's best player was T. Knef. On the other hand, S. Campillo's play was disheartening. JAGTEAM's top performer was clearly C. Arzalluz. X. Verdés turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 3.