Donosti 3 - 1 Albacete (367546403)

Clouds darkened the skies at El patatal as 11355 spectators turned up for the match. Ezequiel Aníbal Barceló was the appointed referee with assistance provided by 曾 (Zeng) 长康 (Changkang) and Shakar Al-Yaseen. Donosti had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Ramos - Kulhánek, Kuyper, Heyer - Baki, Ching, Schmider, Czapiasty, Ramirez Rul - Mudde, Zagajewski.

Albacete decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Cornuault - Hueck, Bicherl, Masin, Xibillé - Deidre, Aboigor, Cortiñas, Tündik - Goichon, Garisas.

It was an obvious ambition of Albacete to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. F. Heyer gave Donosti the lead with a beautiful free kick after 7 minutes. 1 - 0! Albacete's S. Xibillé left the field after 30 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was S. Penchev. R. Aboigor was handed the Albacete captain's armband. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Donosti, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

50 minutes into the game, Donosti were awarded a penalty that F. Heyer turned into 2 - 0 without a problem. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Donosti to 3 - 0 as G. Kuyper finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. By now, the players in Donosti felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. R. Aboigor nearly reduced the lead 66 minutes into the game, but a splendid one-handed save by B. Ramos prevented the attempt coming in from the right flank from hitting the back of the net. The corner kick from M. Garisas was powerfully met by the head of A. Goichon to make the score 3 - 1. W. Mudde wanted to play on, but the Donosti coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 74 minutes into the game by C. Carmuega. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Donosti, with 53 percent of the ball.

Donosti's top performer was clearly R. Schmider. B. Ramos turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Albacete player was without a doubt M. Garisas. On the other hand, S. Penchev's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.