Whatever 1 - 2 Cairo (374288156)

51564 spectators arrived at New Camp, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. José Luis Tamajón was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lukas Nissby and Echedey Cózar. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Dublin derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. Whatever tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Rosetti - Rivière, Noonan, Espada - Tremolada, Protivánek, Jarmoc, Stepan, Wessemius - Boedts, Weggelaar.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Cairo. The following players had been chosen: Jezuit - Moura, Bartolí - Glendenning, Sjölund, Jachimczuk, Carrião, Calderón - Kaliszuk, Tolu, Mínguez Ochoa.

Cairo used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Whatever's A. Wessemius left the field after 12 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was S. Medeiros. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when J. Jachimczuk slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against Z. Rosetti, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. A. Mínguez Ochoa had a good opportunity to give Cairo the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. 0 - 1 was the score with 31 minutes played, after L. Calderón cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Cairo. Cairo's J. Moura was shown a yellow card after 32 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Z. Rosetti got a fingertip on A. Tolu's shot from the left 33 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Whatever enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

It was obvious that team Cairo had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. After 58 minutes, Cairo's À. Bartolí burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. Whatever didn't give in and with 62 minutes played R. Rivière was able to make the score 1 - 2 after an attack on the right. The Cairo players could smell victory in the air. À. Bartolí wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for L. Vlassenbroeck after 72 minutes. L. Calderón wanted to play on, but the Cairo coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 76 minutes into the game by K. Płokita. Possession in this half belonged to Whatever, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

F. Weggelaar performed admirably for Whatever. R. Rivière was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Cairo player was without a doubt A. Mínguez Ochoa. On the other hand, K. Płokita's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 2.