Ribera 1 - 0 at.catala (367357007)

31000 spectators had come to La Pobla Llarga Arena this cloudy day. Dennis Pedersen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Artur Farres and Mirco Röhrmoos. Ribera tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Ilić - Blanco, Segedi, Letelier - Lý, Kriesche, Mossa, Borlengo, Duffield - Falch Andersen, Ottbergen.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for at.catala. The following players had been chosen: García Casielles - Baleira, de Bever, Tarragó - Mariño, Esteñoz, Zurita Delgado, Gandala, Tortosa - Molnár, Goulart.

at.catala clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Making his way up the middle 13 minutes into the match, B. Kriesche almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert M. García Casielles blocked it to keep the score level. At 17 minutes played, J. Blanco came in from the right with the intention of giving Ribera the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. Ribera could have put themselves ahead after 18 minutes but T. Lý missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. Ribera were awarded a penalty 33 minutes into the game but L. Letelier produced a poor shot, quite easily saved by M. García Casielles. Some great play up the middle by Ribera led to a chance for B. Falch Andersen to score after 39 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Ribera, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

Ribera had a good opportunity to take the lead as V. Borlengo came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of M. García Casielles. After a fine move down the middle H. Ottbergen nearly gave the home side a goal after 67 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. K. Duffield gave Ribera the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 An equalising goal seemed certain after 85 minutes when R. Baleira attacked down the left wing, but V. Ilić just managed to make a save to keep the ball out of the net. Ribera had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

The most dominating Ribera player was without a doubt B. Kriesche. However, V. Ilić made a disastrous appearance. Most important at.catala player was A. Goulart. On the other hand, D. Gandala's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 0.