Fardatxos 3 - 2 Casas (367922064)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Porkys Stadium saw a crowd turnout of 8003. Selvijs Dzeduškevičs was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jim Tornstrand and Hugo Lima. Fardatxos tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Persson - Szkiela, Lería Gil, Ortuño - Marmolejo, Raychev, Jado, Novac, Ferrà - Lopitz Arkauteko, Carbonés.

Casas started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Corder - Villamayor, Núñez, Ferrol, Makoaga - Marcha, Briones, Cadreita, Arizmendi López - Garcés de Garro, Huertas.

After 7 minutes of play, S. Marmolejo gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. After 13 minutes, Fardatxos's G. Ferrà found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 2 - 0. The players of Fardatxos now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. R. Ortuño should probably have put his team up another goal after 29 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by M. Corder kept the visitors in the game. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, E. Villamayor got himself booked. The manager of Casas was not happy. Casas breathed new life into the game with an opportunity to reduce the score after 34 minutes, but the home side's defenders cleared the ball on the line, after a long shot coming in from the left rebounded off the crossbar. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Fardatxos, with 57 percent of the ball.

Fardatxos will have to do without I. Szkiela for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 59 minute mark. He was substituted by F. Tabarrini. Casas managed to reduce the score to 2 - 1 as R. Marcha finished off a well-played combination from the left, easily carving through the defence. G. Ferrà of Fardatxos received a yellow card after 65 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 71 minutes into the game, L. Lopitz Arkauteko had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came A. Quesada. Casas's counterattacks created a good chance for I. Briones on the right after 73 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. A lot of people in the terraces claimed the penalty resulting in Casas's E. Villamayor equaliser for 2 - 2 was a mistake by the referee. He did, however, have a very good view of the situation from his position. Casas's E. Villamayor left the field after 81 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was M. Llach. I. Briones still has a lot to learn. For instance, he should know not to make half-hearted passes in front of P. Jado, who easily scored for Fardatxos, making it 3 - 2. A. Ferrol made a run for the goal 86 minutes into the game but the home team's left back managed to sort the situation out in the end. Possession in this half belonged to Fardatxos, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Fardatxos's best player was P. Carbonés. However, P. Jado made a disastrous appearance. P. Huertas performed admirably for Casas. On the other hand, M. Corder's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 2.