abastofc 3 - 2 repandilla (375256380)

Clear skies welcomed the 31140 spectators who had made their way to los kakus. Montelindo Oliveira was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Abel Gavara and Renato Roulier. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for abastofc. Starters: 川口 (Kawaguchi) - Rocha, Krunkaitis, Venasco, Erkmen - Boned, Macario, Weinmar, Sayılı - Arbieto, Olivera.

repandilla decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Salvet - Elgert, Lovaina, Sittinger - Mayta, Danus, Liukko, Dedić, Pachamé - Porta, Reolid.

repandilla seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. With 10 minutes played, J. Rocha of abastofc fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. 13 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for abastofc was M. Olivera. 28 minutes into the game, M. Macario had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came L. Rodríguez. A. Sayılı became the new abastofc captain. After 39 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to repandilla's E. Danus being carried off the pitch and replaced by C. Griffa. repandilla were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. abastofc played a good counterattacking move down the left 41 minutes into the match, with M. Olivera finishing well for 2 - 0. abastofc's M. Olivera put in a disappointing effort on a penalty after 42 minutes, firing just wide of the goal. After 43 minutes, J. Rocha put abastofc ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. At this point, it was obvious that the players of abastofc lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. It was 3 - 0 at the break. repandilla claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

abastofc's J. Krunkaitis had an excellent opportunity after 59 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! repandilla had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. A bit later, repandilla's L. Porta easily reduced the lead to 3 - 1 after a misunderstanding in the home side's central defence. It was obvious that team repandilla had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. With 65 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, repandilla showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 3 - 2 when J. Reolid got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. L. Porta of repandilla was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. repandilla had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

abastofc's best player was M. Olivera. However, L. Rodríguez made a disastrous appearance. repandilla's top performer was clearly J. Reolid. On the other hand, C. Griffa's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 2.