Barça 3 - 0 curu (376838931)

The 34117 fans in attendance at Nou Camp were roasting in the hot sun. Oliver Rombach was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Emil Dinu and Mathieu Rouyer. Barça started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Killian - Gverić, Viola, Mastrini - Wykydal, Ybarra Aznar, Uzal, Ríos, Elorrieta - Claesson, Bitkeraitis.

curu had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. They fielded: Östsjö - 達賢 (Daxian) , Kalkhuis, Örnman, Załuski - Turcas, Connery, Relay, Dimech, Jordera - Monteiro.

The wings were the focus of most of curu's attacks today. curu were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. M. Załuski had a good try after 19 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. Barça made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left B. Bitkeraitis completely alone with keeper J. Östsjö, who made a spectacular block. J. Elorrieta was doing a great job on his wing, sending in brilliant passes to his teammates in the middle, but L. Wykydal seemed unable to profit from this excellent service. 38 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but P. Örnman, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. curu's M. Turcas got himself booked for a foul. Barça took the lead after 42 minutes as a result of U. Claesson's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Barça claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

With 53 minutes played, the curu coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. S. Melberg came on, J. Connery had to leave the fray. The bench was restless, and with 65 minutes passed curu's coach gave G. Parthenay the opportunity the player had been hoping for. N. Monteiro reluctantly left the field. As usual, S. Dimech tried to use his strength and hard work for the benefit of the team, but the heat hit him hard and he couldn't keep pace at all. After 74 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and Z. Gverić gave the Barça supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. The fierce heat made it important to save breath, and after a few swift runs J. Elorrieta found it hard to get back into position. B. Bitkeraitis had a fantastic opportunity to put Barça up another goal 84 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. Barça's J. Elorrieta placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but A. Uzal couldn't finish. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. R. Ybarra Aznar squirmed through their central defence after 87 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Barça, with 58 percent of the ball.

Most important Barça player was B. Bitkeraitis. On the other hand, D. Killian's play was disheartening. curu's top performer was clearly J. Östsjö. M. Turcas turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 0.