Rapid 4 - 3 Irmandiños (377247752)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Hanappi Bridge Stadion saw a crowd turnout of 1559. Jorge Calveras was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Elmar Heinrich and Giuseppe Bologni. Rapid started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: Llort - Deneire, Wallaert, Pazynich, Moons - Figuera, Luch, Langer, Struyven - Granström, Dedu.

Irmandiños had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Lifshitz - Leiva, Urbaneja, Núñez - Anjala, Băescu, Amiot, Paadín, Carnicero - Torrisi, Keltanen.

The visitors grabbed the lead after T. Anjala's free kick succeeded, resulting in a score of 0 - 1. Given a free kick close to the byline, Rapid tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let F. Wallaert slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 1 - 1, 33 minutes into the game. J. Leiva couldn't do anything to stop the technically gifted L. Dedu as he dodged past on his way to scoring a wonderful goal for Rapid - 2 - 1! With 41 minutes played, O. Paadín came in from the right and could have evened the score, but the defenders successfully repelled the attack by Irmandiños. Rapid mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 42 minutes, but K. Deneire was unable to convert from short range. Irmandiños's J. Keltanen was shown a yellow card after 43 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 44 minutes, T. Granström put Rapid ahead 3 - 1 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. It was 3 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Irmandiños, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

The visitors' right side was dangerous today; G. Núñez made the home team's keeper look foolish as he easily reduced the lead to make it 3 - 2 53 minutes into the match. T. Anjala tried using a burst of speed to get past his defender after 54 minutes, but it takes more than that to get past fast D. Moons. After 55 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after E. Carnicero made it through the middle and struck home to make it 3 - 3. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, L. Dedu scored for Rapid putting them ahead 4 - 3, after 56 minutes. A cross coming in on the right hand side left A. Torrisi alone in front of the goal after 61 minutes but his shot was woeful. With 72 minutes played, G. Langer of Rapid fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Irmandiños were close to putting the equaliser away after 72 minutes as the opposing defence lost control of the ball to J. Leiva in a scuffle towards the left of the goal, but in the end the ball was cleared over the dead ball line. Irmandiños enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

L. Dedu performed admirably for Rapid. On the other hand, K. Deneire's play was disheartening. Most important Irmandiños player was J. Keltanen. However, D. Lifshitz made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 3.