bista 1 - 3 United (377765955)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 3918 to El Mundo. Björn Brimm was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Erwan Boucher and Edgar Alexandre. bista had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players took the field: Eteläperä - Carrozza, Martins, Lima Moreira - Santos, Glória, Serra, Borges Oliveira - Tcaciuc, Leão, Bressand.

United tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Ponga - Ţicleanu, Prezerakos, Staton, Grozdanić - Wąchalski, Cook, Calaiò, Johansson - Poirier, Bollinger.

Today, bista's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. United's D. Cook managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 3 minutes. 0 - 1. The home crowd cheered when, after 19 minutes, H. Bollinger's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. The home crowd was not impressed when N. Prezerakos came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 20 minutes. United were now up 0 - 2. After 30 minutes, bista switched J. Bressand with A. Sbaii, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. United had most of the ball, with 72 percent of possession.

After 46 minutes, the United players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. bista's fans were urging them forward as they tried to get back into the game, and their vocal support was rewarded 49 minutes into the match as V. Tcaciuc ran onto a beautiful ball played through the visitors' defence and slotted it past the keeper to reduce the deficit. 1 - 2. A penalty was awarded after 73 minutes, and D. Cook made the most of his chance to put United up by another goal. 1 - 3 for the visitors. The players of United now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. United came close to extending their lead as O. Poirier delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 74 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. United claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 75 percent.

Most important bista player was V. Tcaciuc. M. Glória turned in a dismal performance, however. I. Staton performed admirably for United. F. Ponga on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 3.