cerca 3 - 0 aaafffh (367640971)

The 18712 spectators at cerca de san simon Arena were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Jack Faas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kostas Ntaraklitsas and Esin Erol. cerca tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Peret - Sanz, Ordoitzaga, Sello - Manzanedo, Burela, Balletbó, Lestón, Merino - Garcés de los Fayos, Oyanguren.

aaafffh had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Azpelegi - Vázquez Herrero, Gil, Rivero López, Hofmann - Cillerero, Baltzer, Murillo, García de Alcaraz - Delgado, Fiol.

B. Oyanguren was very close to giving cerca the lead with an ingenious free kick routine 13 minutes into the match, but the ball just grazed the bar. R. Garcés de los Fayos of cerca received a yellow card after 15 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. After 16 minutes of play, L. Sanz gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, M. Hofmann got himself booked. The manager of aaafffh was not happy. cerca put themselves up 2 - 0 when L. Merino broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. R. Garcés de los Fayos remonstrated furiously with the referee after cerca had another decision go against them. The referee had no alternative but to show him another yellow card and send him from the pitch. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. cerca enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 82 percent of possession.

The coach of cerca was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 59 minutes, R. Arbonés came on for F. Burela. J. Sello became the new cerca captain. L. Sanz had a fantastic opportunity to put cerca up another goal 60 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. cerca put in a good effort on the right, but S. Ordoitzaga saw his volley fly wide of the mark 66 minutes into the game. Content with how the game was proceeding, the cerca coach let P. Vidales replace G. Manzanedo after 69 minutes. The bench was restless, and with 75 minutes passed aaafffh's coach gave D. Robin the opportunity the player had been hoping for. M. Fiol reluctantly left the field. cerca managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when L. Lestón cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. By now, the players in cerca felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. cerca's L. Sanz saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 82 minutes. aaafffh had to make a substitution after 84 minutes. D. Robin limped off the field and was replaced by E. Contijoch. cerca's J. Sello was shown a yellow card after 88 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Possession in this half belonged to cerca, who controlled the ball 85 percent of the time.

cerca's best player was R. Arbonés. However, T. Peret made a disastrous appearance. aaafffh's top performer was clearly V. Vázquez Herrero. A. Azpelegi turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 0.