Galeriedart 5 - 0 Almagreira (370765288)

26752 punters turned up at Galerie Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Joar Larsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Giuseppe Gualano and Tuomas Huhtaniska. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Galeriedart. The following players took the field: Petrescu - Øvlisen, Šobot, Gundersen - von Bonin, Pagliuca, Freytag, Robert - Simionescu, Said, Chiappi.

Almagreira decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. Lineup: Drosoglou - Güelfi, Razzino, Smiljanić, Wolski - Sikora, 原 (Hara), Fruit, Condelipes, Frasão - Tuohi.

The wings were the focus of most of Galeriedart's attacks today. It was obvious that Almagreira were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. P. Øvlisen was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by S. Šobot, but the ball bounced off the post to safety. Galeriedart took the lead 20 minutes into the game by 1 - 0, as P. Øvlisen elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. After 23 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and G. Chiappi gave the Galeriedart supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. Confident in their lead, Galeriedart's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Players in Galeriedart heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Galeriedart put themselves up 3 - 0 when P. Øvlisen broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Galeriedart, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. C. von Bonin could have put Galeriedart up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 41 minutes. Almagreira's A. Drosoglou had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 42 minutes having been played. R. Hernández Mérida was the replacement. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. Galeriedart had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

After 58 minutes, C. von Bonin put Galeriedart ahead 4 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. The coach of Galeriedart was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 60 minutes, L. Ceccaroni came on for C. Petrescu. N. Freytag of Galeriedart was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. It was obvious that Galeriedart had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Galeriedart's G. Chiappi increased the lead to 5 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 71 minutes. Galeriedart had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. With 76 minutes played, Galeriedart's P. Øvlisen almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Galeriedart, with 54 percent of the ball.

Galeriedart's best player was G. Chiappi. However, L. Ceccaroni made a disastrous appearance. Most important Almagreira player was P. Sikora. R. Hernández Mérida turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 0.