cabau 3 - 1 Vitolas (378821206)

Clouds darkened the skies at cabau team Arena as 846 spectators turned up for the match. Adrien Le Lann was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marius Poianã and Roman Woźnicki. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for cabau. The following players had been chosen: Melde - de Lima, Reif-Pöhner, Rivas Pérez - Groppo, Screciu, Angen-Meldynski, Højer Nielsen, Esperón - Giostra, Zabaleta.

Vitolas tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Violante - Maresma, Fuchs, Lacarra - Struiksma, Navidad, Gili, Pedrola, Valero Ríos - Bisbal, Litovchenko.

Vitolas decided to play creatively. F. Bisbal came close to putting the visiting team one up 4 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but G. Melde managed to tip the ball to a corner. With 15 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, J. Pedrola needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. With 16 minutes played T. Højer Nielsen almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. Down the middle came M. Litovchenko, making a fantastic play that nearly had Vitolas take the lead after 20 minutes, but G. Melde preserved the tie. After 26 minutes, Vitolas put themselves up 0 - 1, as F. Maresma finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. cabau's D. Zabaleta put his head to a high ball coming in from the right after 32 minutes, but the ball went wide. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Vitolas enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 72 minutes played, N. Esperón of cabau made the score 1 - 1. There was concern in the stands when, at the 87 minute mark, Vitolas's E. Valero Ríos hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. cabau's F. Reif-Pöhner was shown a yellow card after 88 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Unfortunately for Vitolas, J. Pedrola was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. C. Fernández replaced him. 89 minutes in, Vitolas's R. Lacarra received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. A well placed corner kick from T. Højer Nielsen was followed by H. Angen-Meldynski's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for cabau, the score now 2 - 1. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, E. Valero Ríos got himself booked. The manager of Vitolas was not happy. After 89 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and D. Screciu gave the cabau supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Vitolas, with 57 percent of the ball.

The most dominating cabau player was without a doubt D. Screciu. However, G. Melde made a disastrous appearance. Vitolas's best player was C. Fernández. On the other hand, M. Violante's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.