Papparizza 6 - 1 Balompié (378953353)

It had rained all day, but 2242 hardy fans still made it out to 't Hoogie. Janick Bakker was the appointed referee. Papparizza had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Leijenaar - Wardęcki, Grooten - Milak, Akrout, Schwarzweg, Ereño, Strange - Mäenmaa, Joosse, Bottek.

Balompié tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Glazer - Zatón, Băcilă, Cuartas, Dueñas - Androarena, Subinyà, Igola, Lanzuela - Artzak, Gaytán.

Papparizza clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. 20 minutes into the game, Balompié seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a passable level of organisation. Papparizza broke through on the left 24 minutes into the game, with J. Mäenmaa firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. The rain made it hard for players like V. Dueñas to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. After 27 minutes, S. Joosse put Papparizza ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. L. Bottek, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. J. Akrout could have increased the lead after 39 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. After 41 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Balompié found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Papparizza enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 90 percent of possession.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of Balompié was able to get his message across, and raised Balompié's organisation to solid. The referee showed Balompié's V. Băcilă the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 67 minutes into the game, Balompié seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. Balompié caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 69 minutes into the match. A. Artzak was able to finish off the move - 2 - 1. Balompié's A. Artzak had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 73 minutes having been played. M. Gavaldà was the replacement. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Papparizza, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Papparizza's M. Milak increasing the lead to 3 - 1. Papparizza had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. S. Strange squirmed through their central defence after 82 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 1. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Papparizza lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Papparizza solidified their lead at the 83 minute mark, as J. Mäenmaa dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 5 - 1. It was obvious that team Papparizza had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. 85 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as J. Mäenmaa broke through, making the score 6 - 1 for Papparizza. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for J. Mäenmaa. Possession in this half belonged to Papparizza, who controlled the ball 91 percent of the time.

Most important Papparizza player was L. Bottek. J. Leijenaar on the other hand, had a terrible day. M. Gavaldà performed admirably for Balompié. However, D. Lanzuela made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 6 - 1.