Ferchu-Buenos 2 - 1 httugas (379512494)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 1564 had shown up at Emilio Ciccero "La Bombonera de Buenos Aires" for the match. Oriol Guerrero was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Eero Kultanen and Marjan Harlukovich. Ferchu-Buenos tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Figueiredo - Xavier, Ligeiro, Redonda, Santos Pires - Ferreira, Quiroga, Monteiro Soares, Peres - Oliveira, Gonçalves.

httugas started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Bastiaansen - Riccioni, Mingrino, Valette, Lemos, Schluneger - Lemaire, Theodorou, Pellet, Foran - Fučík.

It was an obvious ambition of Ferchu-Buenos to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Today, httugas's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Ferchu-Buenos's F. Quiroga was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 3 minutes. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when R. Fučík slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against S. Figueiredo, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. Slack defending gave Ferchu-Buenos a chance to take the lead with 32 minutes played, but D. Gonçalves's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Ferchu-Buenos, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

P. Santos Pires sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from N. Oliveira after 50 minutes of play, making the score 1 - 0. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Ferchu-Buenos coach let X. Montenegro replace J. Ligeiro after 54 minutes. The visitors refused to give in and, after 55 minutes, R. Fučík evened things up as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. 1 - 1 It was obvious that httugas had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. After 70 minutes, the Ferchu-Buenos coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving N. Oliveira off the field. M. Reis took his place. 70 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Ferchu-Buenos substitution. J. Tomás Silva came on for V. Peres. Down the middle came P. Valette, making a fantastic play that nearly had httugas take the lead after 79 minutes, but S. Figueiredo preserved the tie. Ferchu-Buenos enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

Still tied after 90 minutes, the match continued into extra time. Ferchu-Buenos had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, I. Redonda scored for Ferchu-Buenos putting them ahead 2 - 1, after 105 minutes. This put an end to extra time, making Ferchu-Buenos the winners. D. Gonçalves performed admirably for Ferchu-Buenos. However, M. Reis made a disastrous appearance. Most important httugas player was R. Fučík. M. Mingrino turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 1.