Bufagaites 3 - 0 Madrid1980 (367503954)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 14761 at Arena Arena today. Andriy Nepiypyvo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Stéphane Ribeiro and Walenty Hała. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Bufagaites. The following players had been chosen: Portugal - Nano, Carballo, Mulleras - Regordosa, Yáñez-Fajardo, Fontanillas, Meixide, Budiño - Villegas, Lourenzo.

Madrid1980 had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: El-Jibrini - Borgeln, Martínez Tejada, Desio, Van der Auwera - Waluś, Darbo, Kristiansen, Malard - Montoya, Tzanetakos.

The strategy for Madrid1980 was to use their ability to press. 2 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Bufagaites was M. Fontanillas. Madrid1980's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. 35 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as I. Yáñez-Fajardo broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for Bufagaites. Bufagaites's F. Villegas saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 40 minutes. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Bufagaites enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 67 percent of possession.

At this time in the match, Madrid1980 were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. F. Villegas should probably have put his team up another goal after 86 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by T. El-Jibrini kept the visitors in the game. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. B. Lourenzo squirmed through their central defence after 87 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of Bufagaites were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Bufagaites's D. Portugal had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 89 minutes having been played. P. Vergés was the replacement. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Bufagaites, with 68 percent of the ball.

F. Villegas performed admirably for Bufagaites. However, P. Vergés made a disastrous appearance. Madrid1980's top performer was clearly K. Kristiansen. M. Van der Auwera turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 0.