Shark 1 - 3 trueno (376441221)

The 10936 fans in attendance at El Metro politano were roasting in the hot sun. Lennart Stigquist was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kay Bentz and Francis Rosentreteras. Shark tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Tridente - Morera, Arregocés, García - Velasco, Salgado, Sost, Nossa Sabino, Triviño - Niquepa, Lara.

trueno decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Rivarone - Berta, Ulmen, Nefer, Astorri - Anedda, Ion, Land, Zuluaga - Tamagnini, Bergseth.

Today, Shark's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. With 28 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. Á. Berta put the ball away for 0 - 1. Shark's E. Nossa Sabino made a successful breakthrough on the left after 29 minutes and should have levelled the score, but instead he clipped it over the bar. 30 minutes in, and Shark were able to score the equalising goal to make it 1 - 1 when S. Lara picked up a pass coming in from the right and chipped it past the away team's keeper. With 37 minutes played D. Velasco almost gave the home side the lead with an unexpected free kick set up, but the visitors' F. Rivarone was onto it, grabbing the would be breakthrough ball. It was obvious that Shark had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Shark claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

55 minutes into the match, trueno nearly took the lead, as H. Tamagnini broke through on the right. G. Tridente made the save, however. Some things can only be learned through experience, and C. Ulmen should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Shark a goal with 78 minutes of the match played. The guests took the lead 81 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in E. Astorri scoring to make it 1 - 2. trueno's M. Nefer got himself booked for a foul. A drive down the left side allowed C. Zuluaga to get in close and score another goal for trueno after 86 minutes, taking the score to 1 - 3. trueno enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

C. Niquepa performed admirably for Shark. F. Morera turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important trueno player was M. Anedda. However, C. Ulmen made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 3.