Real 5 - 1 Coperativa (367521184)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 14810 had shown up at El Curi Camp for the match. Bengt-Åke Olenhult was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mariusz Brzeziński and Xavier Mazur. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Real. Lineup: Pettersson - van Daal, Priebe, Brandström - Lukander, Jiménez, Pol, Laa, Dřevojánek - Calidónio, Rubio Cerro.

Coperativa decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Sloos - Baniela, Illanes, Couvelard - Bäcking, Valdés Correa, Aumayr, Briffaut, Pousinho - Inhoff, Kos.

Today, Coperativa's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. T. Rubio Cerro caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 27 minutes. This gave Real the 1 - 0 lead. The visitors almost came back with an equaliser 37 minutes into the match after a good combination down the middle, but when J. Briffaut tried to finish the attack, he couldn't deliver the shot hard enough to seriously challenge the keeper. Coperativa's L. Baniela left the field after 40 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was I. Campelo. 41 minutes into the game, Real were awarded a penalty that D. Laa turned into 2 - 0 without a problem. It was obvious that Coperativa had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Real managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when T. Rubio Cerro cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. E. Dřevojánek squirmed through their central defence after 44 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave P. Jiménez from Real a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 44 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The away team improved the scoreline to 4 - 1, as J. Valdés Correa struck home, set up well by a play on the left 44 minutes into the match. 4 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Real, with 51 percent of the ball.

Cheers filled the stadium as S. Pol broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 1 to Real. The home side's F. Calidónio came close to extending the lead 69 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but F. Sloos managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. The referee showed Coperativa's J. Valdés Correa the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Possession in this half belonged to Coperativa, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Most important Real player was F. Calidónio. M. Lukander turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Coperativa player was without a doubt J. Valdés Correa. On the other hand, R. Illanes's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 1.