Ubecor 3 - 1 AlmuFord (367620158)

The crowd of 6355 turning up at Ubecor Stadium today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Ferdo Lazarevič was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Valentin Schüepp and Viorel Gheba. Ubecor had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Chudaykin - Schussa, Cárdenas, Klomp - Tomerlin, Todt, Svart Jacobsen, Vallo, Camus - Maréchal, Pruneda.

AlmuFord decided to use a 2-5-2 set up. Lineup: Zamora - Cortázar, Amatller - Grimsø, Hidalgo, Bonafonte, Cortallo, Armada - Urriolauzokoa, Urtuuste.

The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to A. Cárdenas, but the Ubecor player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! Ubecor managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when N. Schussa cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. By now, the players in Ubecor felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. After 37 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as AlmuFord found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to passable. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Ubecor claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 62 percent.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of AlmuFord was able to get his message across, and raised AlmuFord's organisation to solid. With 56 minutes played, J. Vallo could have brought this one home for Ubecor as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. AlmuFord's J. Cortallo was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 60 minutes. D. Urriolauzokoa's speed was clear to see after 66 minutes, as he darted down the wing and released J. Urtuuste who placed the ball into the back of the net to make the score 2 - 1. 68 minutes into the game, AlmuFord had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate. P. Armada spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. Ubecor were given a gift! The ref dubiously awarded them a penalty 86 minutes into the match, which was neatly put away by N. Schussa. 3 - 1 for the home side. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Z. Tomerlin got himself booked. The manager of Ubecor was not happy. N. Schussa had a fantastic opportunity to put Ubecor up another goal 88 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. 89 minutes in, AlmuFord appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only inadequate. Ubecor had most of the ball, with 70 percent of possession.

Ubecor's top performer was clearly A. Cárdenas. However, Z. Tomerlin made a disastrous appearance. D. Cortázar performed admirably for AlmuFord. On the other hand, P. Armada's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.