athletic 4 - 1 STEMCELLS (377723240)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 42000 to acropolis arena. Sybren Bleeker was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Fredrik Rahmtorp and Giuseppe Ingrassia. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for athletic. They fielded: Irazábal - Valda, Galán, Abajo - Bonner, Laón, Benítez, Geering, Ramis - Ródez, Vega Téllez.

STEMCELLS started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Marín - Regadas, Vélez, Elgucena - Peña, Queirón, García, Danguso, Perales - Risca, Fišer.

With 22 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as J. Ródez flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. 23 minutes in, STEMCELLS's I. García received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The home side's R. Vega Téllez came close to extending the lead 36 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but I. Marín managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. 40 minutes into the match R. Vega Téllez put athletic ahead 2 - 0 with a truly marvelous free kick. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. STEMCELLS claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

STEMCELLS needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 46 minutes P. Regadas made way for A. Johansson. Morale on the visitors' bench was greatly improved when their E. Risca reduced the lead to make it 2 - 1 after 51 minutes, following a pass from the right. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of athletic to 3 - 1 as J. Ródez finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. R. Vega Téllez squirmed through their central defence after 75 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by STEMCELLS, with 51 percent of the ball.

The most dominating athletic player was without a doubt J. Ródez. P. Abajo was a disappointment, however. Most important STEMCELLS player was A. Queirón. On the other hand, I. Marín's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 1.