parkersteam 1 - 2 Atlantida21 (367615856)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and parkers Arena saw a crowd turnout of 12705. Curro Sagües was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jan Faber and Kjell Rosing. parkersteam tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Starters: Holscher - Tamioła, Alametsä, Gib - Calveres, Straszewski, Aguirre, Ferreira Antunes - Drabik, Lavandeira, Buckner.

Atlantida21 decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Mila - Bande, Bollar, Salvi, Elizaburu - Barandiarán, García Huidobro, Urquijo, Palleras - Valdés Velázquez, Mira.

parkersteam decided to play creatively. Atlantida21 saw most attack opportunities on the wings. J. García Huidobro was in the clear after breaking the offside trap following a Atlantida21 counterattack from the left after 14 minutes. His neat finish made the score 0 - 1. Atlantida21's V. Mira got himself booked for a foul. C. Urquijo increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. Confident in their lead, Atlantida21's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave D. Aguirre from parkersteam a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 27 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Atlantida21 were forced into a substitution as F. Bande couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing D. Neve to come in off the bench. Atlantida21's J. Elizaburu was shown a yellow card after 30 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A loud groan was heard from the fans of parkersteam, as D. Aguirre left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. I. Grad took his place on the field. 32 minutes had been played and the home team was awarded a penalty. The guests' keeper dived the right way, but H. Ferreira Antunes was still able to reduce the score to 1 - 2. I. Grad made a superb strike after 34 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. parkersteam enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 61 percent of possession.

S. Drabik charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equaliser for parkersteam, but the shot went well wide of the goal. Atlantida21 had to make a substitution after 64 minutes. A. Bollar limped off the field and was replaced by H. Espantoro. J. Alametsä received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 69 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. parkersteam put pressure on the visitors' central defence 84 minutes into the game, but I. Grad couldn't find an opening. The referee showed parkersteam's S. Drabik the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. J. Elizaburu of Atlantida21 got sent off for kicking the ball after the whistle, a completely uncalled for move, earning him his second yellow card of the game. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by parkersteam, with 65 percent of the ball.

parkersteam's top performer was clearly I. Lavandeira. On the other hand, I. Grad's play was disheartening. The most dominating Atlantida21 player was without a doubt E. Valdés Velázquez. However, M. Palleras made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 2.