cogollin 2 - 3 Valencia (367400674)

21983 spectators had found their way to maria de la buena, despite the heavy rain. Jasper Bernet was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alex Stehman and Ariosto Silva Leme. cogollin decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Aczél - Bach, Cañamero, Škatarić - Lolesi, Vanderstichelen, Granberg, Corbey, Abrahamyan - Busia, Tuominen.

Valencia started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Malantrucco - Poels, Badan, Esposti - Benkotić, Widmayer, Şahabettin, Mugione, Rafart - Sattler, Jeauneau.

A. Cañamero gave cogollin 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 After 16 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after A. Esposti made it through the middle and struck home to make it 1 - 1. B. Bach neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to S. Škatarić who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. The rain made it hard for players like K. Granberg to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. cogollin's T. Abrahamyan tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. The referee showed Valencia's G. Rafart the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. cogollin were forced into a substitution as I. Vanderstichelen couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing O. Amirante to come in off the bench. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the forty-five minutes.

Valencia's goal to make the score 1 - 2 came via a questionable penalty, but A. Esposti struck it home without a second thought. C. Sattler wanted to play on, but the Valencia coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 60 minutes into the game by F. von Langenn-Steinkeller. Á. Aczél got a fingertip on J. Widmayer's shot from the left 63 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. Valencia increased the lead to 1 - 3 as A. Esposti scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for A. Esposti. F. von Langenn-Steinkeller was, after 76 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper Á. Aczél made the save. A quick free kick deep in the opponent's half found Z. Corbey, who produced a brilliant first touch to send it flying beyond the keeper into the net. This reduced the away team's lead to 2 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by cogollin, with 51 percent of the ball.

cogollin's best player was B. Bach. T. Abrahamyan on the other hand, had a terrible day. Valencia's top performer was clearly J. Widmayer. On the other hand, S. Şahabettin's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 3.