Alkonerfc 2 - 4 Gardeles (378346317)

Dark skies made the crowd of 63000 at Miguel Angel Armada a little nervous, but the rain held off. Róbert Keindl was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Béla Kádasi and Gysbert Borgharts. All of Córdoba was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. Alkonerfc tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Upmanis - Matei, Zuštiak, Malamata - Vanhercke, Bernales, Vandini, Berentsen, Pistellucci - De Rossi, D'Abreu.

Gardeles decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Sever - Montaño, Paso, Placidi - Shefer, Bodner, Apelhan, Benlliure, Lince - Olivera, Ievole.

Alkonerfc had a good opportunity to take the lead as G. De Rossi came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of J. Sever. Gardeles's C. Montaño managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 9 minutes. 0 - 1. Gardeles had to make a substitution after 17 minutes. C. Olivera limped off the field and was replaced by J. Calzolari. After 38 minutes of game time, A. Paso had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but D. Upmanis was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. After 40 minutes, G. De Rossi made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1. After 41 minutes, N. Lince sent the corner kick right to F. Ievole who headed it sharply past the keeper. 1 - 2! Due to some great work on the right wing Alkonerfc's Z. Vandini was able to even the score after 42 minutes to make the score 2 - 2. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 2. Gardeles claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

After 60 minutes, the Gardeles coach had a quick word about the tactical set-up and decided to try another approach. After 60 minutes, Gardeles put themselves up 2 - 3, as A. Paso finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. Alkonerfc put pressure on the visitors' central defence 63 minutes into the game, but G. D'Abreu couldn't find an opening. Gardeles's G. Bodner was shown a yellow card after 64 minutes for slicing down an opponent. F. Ievole wanted to play on, but the Gardeles coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 65 minutes into the game by I. Martin. Unfortunately for Alkonerfc, I. Vanhercke was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. B. Zvity replaced him. Some fine movement on the left led to a Gardeles goal after 72 minutes, making it 2 - 4. G. Bodner was noted down as the scorer. In an effort to secure the lead, Gardeles changed their tactic after 72 minutes. After this, you could see that the players of Gardeles were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The home side worked hard to get through the middle and as a result, had a good chance of getting one back as G. D'Abreu tried lifting the ball over keeper J. Sever. Unfortunately, the ball went just over the bar. Possession in this half belonged to Gardeles, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

Alkonerfc's top performer was clearly G. De Rossi. However, B. Zvity made a disastrous appearance. Gardeles's best player was M. Benlliure. On the other hand, J. Calzolari's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 4.