United 0 - 6 Cigüeñas (378964117)

A scorching day at Muara Dunes Stadium, where 1353 spectators were in place for today's match. Claudio Dondi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Karel van Schaaijk and Moreno Naftziger. A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for United. Starters: 邦德 (Bangde) - Ribeiro Tavares, Zottl, Kyriakou, Atanasopulos, Hollander - Laramy, bin Halim, bin Hj Mohammad - bin Hj Amir, bin Noor.

Cigüeñas decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. The following players took the field: Idola - Caponis, Montafia, Valdés, Serdà, Lamarain - Etxegoren, Tassoni, Endara, Marchante - Pinillos.

It was obvious that United were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. Cigüeñas were relying on their ability to counter-attack. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Cigüeñas's A. Montafia after 6 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. United's Y. Hollander was shown a yellow card after 22 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Cigüeñas increased their lead after 29 minutes when L. Pinillos broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay. 31 minutes into the match, M. Caponis came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. One of many good crosses from D. Marchante on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by L. Pinillos, who scored for Cigüeñas. 0 - 3 After this, you could see that the players of Cigüeñas were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. After 34 minutes Cigüeñas nearly put themselves up another goal from a penalty taken by M. Caponis, but the keeper made an unbelievable save. 0 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Cigüeñas, with 60 percent of the ball.

After 58 minutes Cigüeñas's D. Marchante contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Some things can only be learned through experience, and L. Lamarain should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting United a goal with 61 minutes of the match played. As the match clock hit 72 minutes, Cigüeñas regrouped to try and keep their initiative in the game. M. Caponis high-fived D. Marchante as they swapped positions on the team. G. Tassoni of Cigüeñas took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 77 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 4. The pressing tactics used by United were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. United's K. Zottl got himself booked for a foul. The player down was F. Serdà. The Cigüeñas bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. United's K. Zottl placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but V. Laramy couldn't finish. At the 87 minute mark, it looked like the opportunity for Cigüeñas to score had been missed until L. Pinillos suddenly worked his way clear and fired off a spectacular shot. The keeper had no chance! 0 - 5. At that, L. Pinillos was noted down for a hat trick! After 88 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed D. Marchante to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 6. Cigüeñas enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 69 percent of possession.

Most important United player was A. bin Noor. However, 邰. 邦德 (Bangde) made a disastrous appearance. Cigüeñas's top performer was clearly F. Endara. G. Idola turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 6.