Fantasía 0 - 8 U.D.Trooper (367516765)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 12000 had shown up at La Catedral Del Edén for the match. Anders Kjellström was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ken Troppmann and Ervín Sobotka. The derby had been the talk of Euskadi all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. Fantasía tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Ríos Mendez - Oranguyen, Semprún, Díaz de Reguero, Reboreda - Latadi, Piquer, Murcia, Santibáñez - Cardaveras, Montero Vargas.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for U.D.Trooper. The following players took the field: Viella - Weilharter, Priefer, Krumina - Köpenig, Del Polonio, Akboğa, Gershon, Gallarza - Raģis, Vestergård.

Today, U.D.Trooper's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. The guests took the lead 4 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in M. Gershon scoring to make it 0 - 1. 12 minutes into the game a free kick by R. Akboğa found its way through the home side's poorly assembled defensive formation, making U.D.Trooper's lead 0 - 2. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, R. Akboğa would have put U.D.Trooper up another goal 19 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. After 20 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by U.D.Trooper was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. After 23 minutes, a long pass from U.D.Trooper's H. Del Polonio caught the defence out of position. G. Gallarza collected the ball, and with the goal at his mercy calmly rolled the ball just inside the post. 0 - 3. C. Priefer increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 4. 0 - 4 was the halftime score. U.D.Trooper claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 82 percent.

With 52 minutes played, U.D.Trooper put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was H. Del Polonio. By now, the players in U.D.Trooper felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. It was obvious that U.D.Trooper had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. H. Del Polonio of U.D.Trooper took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 67 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 6. L. Ríos Mendez got a fingertip on L. Köpenig's shot from the left 71 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. Attacking on the wings was the choice for U.D.Trooper, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Some fine movement on the left led to a U.D.Trooper goal after 77 minutes, making it 0 - 7. M. Gershon was noted down as the scorer. 80 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 8 as A. Raģis finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by U.D.Trooper, with 87 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Fantasía player was without a doubt V. Murcia. L. Ríos Mendez was a disappointment, however. U.D.Trooper's top performer was clearly L. Köpenig. F. Weilharter on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 8.