La Crema 3 - 1 jungle (378419183)

Clear skies welcomed the 1701 spectators who had made their way to Monumental de Barrio Alberdi. Luís Filipe Lousada was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Francesco Testolin and Fernando Aversa. La Crema decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. They fielded: Munster - Sierra, Sabadini, Toro - Rast, Fricker, Rodlind, Rencoret - Moyano, Gürdoğdu, Feichtmayr.

jungle had chosen a strategic 5-2-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Esenkul - Karim, Raihan, L’Hostis, bin Hj Azad Zaki, Van Rymenant - Budiyanto, Ida Bagus - Syofnevil, Pandia.

La Crema mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. La Crema were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. They were singing the praises of S. Toro 3 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to La Crema. After 8 minutes, jungle's F. Raihan fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! C. Rast had a fantastic opportunity to put La Crema up another goal 16 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. J. Rodlind of La Crema seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 2 - 0 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by G. Rencoret. 40 minutes in, jungle appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only inadequate. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to La Crema, who controlled the ball 73 percent of the time.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of jungle was able to get his message across, and raised jungle's organisation to solid. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for La Crema, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. C. Ida Bagus showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for jungle after 56 minutes to make the score 2 - 1. After 58 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as jungle found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. 68 minutes into the match, a typically brave header by H. Gürdoğdu from C. Rast's cross looped just over the opposing goalkeeper's desperate reach. Goal for La Crema, making the score 3 - 1. At this point, it was obvious that the players of La Crema lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The home crowd just couldn't believe it when G. Rencoret missed a penalty after 71 minutes of the match. La Crema had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. La Crema's S. Toro saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 72 minutes. La Crema had most of the ball, with 75 percent of possession.

The most dominating La Crema player was without a doubt H. Gürdoğdu. G. Sabadini on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important jungle player was Y. Karim. Y. Esenkul was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 1.