astur 4 - 0 FRTN (379178249)

2318 fans braved the pouring rain at spanish coliseum. Immanuel Bonte was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Emanuel Ostatný and Rico Hoogweg . astur had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Corcellas - Eneman, Pinar, Zeballos, Gall - Godó, Saubot, Fernández, Murillo - Šantavý, Vanoverschelde.

FRTN tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players took the field: Charpentier - Palma, De Haeck, Serna Cortes - Wilhelmsen, Nchimbi, Martins, Brescia - Olofsson, Marchiori, Žabenský.

FRTN clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Many thought G. Saubot ought to have been awarded a penalty 20 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around V. Charpentier after a determined run through the middle. R. Šantavý did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, R. Šantavý scored for astur putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 30 minutes. astur's M. Fernández increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 32 minutes. The referee showed FRTN's G. De Haeck the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. B. Asslinasab was called on to replace FRTN's V. Serna Cortes after 34 minutes following a nasty collision. After 36 minutes, J. Murillo put astur ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. The players of astur now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to astur, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

Coming from the right, J. Murillo almost managed to score another goal for astur, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. 55 minutes into the match, the speedy J. Murillo easily outpaced G. De Haeck, chipped the keeper and made the score 4 - 0. With 60 minutes played, J. Murillo could have brought this one home for astur as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. I. Eneman could have put astur up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 61 minutes. M. Fernández had a fantastic opportunity to put astur up another goal 68 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. astur had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

astur's top performer was clearly M. Zeballos. However, R. Šantavý made a disastrous appearance. Most important FRTN player was M. Marchiori. V. Charpentier turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 0.