scooter_20 4 - 2 BETIS (367382146)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 60000 to Complejo Deportivo Guillermo Soltero. Thomas Wunstorf was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jory Luijten and Siem Burink. scooter_20 decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. They fielded: Soltero - Bakaikoa, Parada, Goitia, Aillón - Gómez de la Cortina, Muleiro, Paternina, Romero Maura, Tusquets - San Claudio.

BETIS had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Møller - López González, Valenciaga, Hano, Ilarduya - Carvalho, Blest, Soto, Mandel - Puač, Meffle.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of BETIS. scooter_20 created a good opportunity to score 10 minutes into the match when V. San Claudio's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. Slack defending gave scooter_20 a chance to take the lead with 14 minutes played, but I. Parada's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. R. Meffle was first to reach a ball launched long through the center from BETIS's defence 17 minutes into the game. He managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 0 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. scooter_20 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

The crowd was on its feet 55 minutes into the match, as scooter_20's H. Muleiro found himself unmarked in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 1 - 1 equaliser. scooter_20 broke through on the left 66 minutes into the game, with D. Gómez de la Cortina firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 2 - 1 lead. D. Puač's lightning pace was too much for I. Parada who could only look on as the BETIS player blasted one home. 2 - 2. 73 minutes into the match and the home team took a 3 - 2 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for scooter_20 was I. Parada. BETIS will have to do without L. Ilarduya for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 75 minute mark. He was substituted by E. Villanueva. scooter_20 were given a gift! The ref dubiously awarded them a penalty 77 minutes into the match, which was neatly put away by V. San Claudio. 4 - 2 for the home side. At this point, it was obvious that the players of scooter_20 lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. scooter_20 enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

The most dominating scooter_20 player was without a doubt G. Soltero. However, V. San Claudio made a disastrous appearance. D. Puač performed admirably for BETIS. A. Møller on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 2.