aretakoak 0 - 10 TAURUS (367408611)

The 12000 spectators at iraia arena were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Sten Lindland was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anton Ciripoi and Henri Huupponen. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for aretakoak. Starters: Baulenas - Pozuelo, Anta, Errazti, Gelimer - Vallearena, Palafox Luna, Errekalte, de Paz - Vecino, Giménez Arnau.

TAURUS decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Gil Alvarado - Châtelier, Wodecki, Hortezuelo - Agustí, Miura, De Meulenaere, Painceiras, Omidipoor - Mansikka-aho, Baillie.

The guests took the lead 15 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in M. Mansikka-aho scoring to make it 0 - 1. With 27 minutes played, B. Errekalte of aretakoak fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. TAURUS increased their lead after 28 minutes when L. Hortezuelo broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay. L. Hortezuelo's technique was perfect on this sunny day and led to some breathtaking tricks that bamboozled the defence. After 32 minutes, TAURUS's A. Painceiras burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3. The visitors' A. Painceiras took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 36 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for TAURUS. After this, you could see that the players of TAURUS were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Q. De Meulenaere seemed to be impossibly far from the goal, but he looked up and bang! A real cracker for TAURUS after 38 minutes. 0 - 5. 0 - 5 was the score after the first half. TAURUS claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 78 percent.

R. Wodecki increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 6. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, C. Gelimer got himself booked. The manager of aretakoak was not happy. R. Wodecki received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 76 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 7. The TAURUS fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. After 77 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave M. Mansikka-aho a chance to increase the lead for TAURUS, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 8. After 81 minutes, TAURUS's R. Baillie burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 9. Some fine movement on the left led to a TAURUS goal after 82 minutes, making it 0 - 10. B. Omidipoor was noted down as the scorer. Possession in this half belonged to TAURUS, who controlled the ball 82 percent of the time.

D. Palafox Luna performed admirably for aretakoak. E. Baulenas on the other hand, had a terrible day. TAURUS's best player was M. Mansikka-aho. On the other hand, G. Agustí's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 10.