Atlético 0 - 0 Hospitalet (379331285)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and León Arena Stadium saw a crowd turnout of 1654. Jerry Grimes was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bertwin Macas and Jung-Woo Yun. Atlético tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Słoka - Nogués, Olazábal Solís, Majó, Dalmases - Paz, Trigueros, Matyáš, Gaztañaga, Aeeiman - Gültekin.

Hospitalet had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Pont Delgado - Interdonato, Payam, Borrel - Pettersson, Guarí, Abrunheira, Tío Sánchez, Ranestad - Lora, Jordo.

The wings were the focus of most of Hospitalet's attacks today. Atlético's S. Gültekin tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. Atlético were very close to putting themselves one up after 39 minutes as U. Aeeiman got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Atlético, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

After 50 minutes, the Atlético coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving S. Gültekin off the field. P. Cabelo took his place. With 58 minutes played F. Gaztañaga almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. C. Lora of Hospitalet received a yellow card after 61 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 72 minutes into the game, G. Interdonato had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. Atlético had a good opportunity to take the lead as F. Gaztañaga came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of C. Pont Delgado. Atlético could have put themselves ahead after 77 minutes but S. Matyáš missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. 82 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Atlético to take the lead after a good cross from the right found M. Majó alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. Atlético claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

The most dominating Atlético player was without a doubt P. Olazábal Solís. A. Paz turned in a dismal performance, however. Hospitalet's top performer was clearly G. Interdonato. However, J. Pettersson made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 0.