Atlético 0 - 5 bielsko (377454998)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 1470 at Carmen Bailén today. Tuomas Kuusisto was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hernán Garita and Liavon Haurylovich. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Atlético. Lineup: Vorst - Vicente Español, Girón Ruiz, Ureba - Guiu, Jimeno Caballer, Leiras, Marescotti, Sagastibeltza - Irmanov, Carvajal.

bielsko decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Birski - Pugacewicz, Bona, Sulewski - Gajowski, Karolczyk, Gnieciak, Hénap, Długoszek - Słocki, Kozjakovas.

The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave F. Pugacewicz from bielsko a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 3 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Atlético created a good opportunity to score 14 minutes into the match when J. Girón Ruiz's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. X. Leiras behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 26 minutes as he gave the ball away to T. Gnieciak. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. 0 - 1 was the score with 30 minutes played, after R. Karolczyk cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for bielsko. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to bielsko, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

After 52 minutes, bielsko's V. Kozjakovas burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, P. Sagastibeltza got himself booked. The manager of Atlético was not happy. 64 minutes into the game, bielsko worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. R. Vicente Español of Atlético was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. V. Kozjakovas of bielsko took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 67 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 3. After 68 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for W. Długoszek who increased bielsko's lead to 0 - 4. R. Karolczyk increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 5. By now, the players in bielsko felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. bielsko claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

Atlético's top performer was clearly J. Ureba. However, O. Guiu made a disastrous appearance. Most important bielsko player was C. Hénap. On the other hand, R. Karolczyk's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 5.