Inazuma 1 - 8 bori (367722457)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 6404 to Neo Inazuma Arena. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Inazuma. Starters: Calzada - Piñel Ceballos, Espinós, Ladrero, Cuadra - Fonz, Iribago, Magraner, Pardo - Bigas, Estébanez.

bori started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Portos - Ibisate, Pahisa, Serna, Ríos Martinez - Puente, Iglesias Cano, Olmedo, Tarrés - Iribarrenbehere, Llunell.

With 16 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. B. Ibisate put the ball away for 0 - 1. U. Iribarrenbehere received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 29 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The bori fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. With 34 minutes played, bori put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was A. Olmedo. By now, the players in bori felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 36 minutes into the game, bori were awarded a penalty and B. Ibisate was able to increase the visitors' lead to 0 - 4 rolling the ball in by the right post. After 37 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed A. Olmedo to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 5. It was 0 - 5 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to bori, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

Inazuma refused to be intimidated and, breaking through the middle, D. Estébanez managed to slip the ball home for 1 - 5. bori's A. Olmedo was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 72 minutes. Some fine movement on the left led to a bori goal after 75 minutes, making it 1 - 6. F. Puente was noted down as the scorer. After 83 minutes, bori's U. Iribarrenbehere burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 7. 85 minutes into the game, F. Espinós had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came F. Ovando Solis. After 87 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave R. Tarrés a chance to increase the lead for bori, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 1 - 8. bori claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

Inazuma's best player was A. Pardo. I. Bigas turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important bori player was B. Ibisate. M. Portos on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 8.