cobreloa 2 - 4 NikNokZ_2010 (379579405)

Dark skies made the crowd of 2459 at municipal de calama a little nervous, but the rain held off. Luís Lins Viana was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jürgen Korn and Olivier Traore. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for cobreloa. They fielded: Ruzan - Queiroga, Caballero, Olarte, Danke - Merenda, Roselló, Valderrama, Pereira - Legrand, Bertram.

NikNokZ_2010 started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Topchiy - Zschirpe, Strubbe - Kornai, von Uslar, Lessing, Otte, Beiß - Zalmann, Feliú, Cortel.

cobreloa decided to play creatively. NikNokZ_2010's P. Zalmann managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 4 minutes. 0 - 1. NikNokZ_2010 had to manage with a reduced squad after 13 minutes, as J. Lessing got sent off for a needless foul away from the game's action. After 17 minutes, cobreloa sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached R. Danke, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 1 - 1. NikNokZ_2010 took the lead 26 minutes into the game, making the score 1 - 2 after some elegant movement down the middle. P. Zalmann was the scorer. After 29 minutes, NikNokZ_2010's M. von Uslar burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 3. cobreloa caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 32 minutes into the match. P. Pereira was able to finish off the move - 2 - 3. 2 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by NikNokZ_2010, with 54 percent of the ball.

Had it not been for one of the home defenders, I. Kornai would have put NikNokZ_2010 up another goal 47 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. The coach of NikNokZ_2010 was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 50 minutes, T. Kaszta came on for S. Feliú. P. Zalmann wanted to play on, but the NikNokZ_2010 coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 50 minutes into the game by K. Saalaste. Some fine movement on the left led to a NikNokZ_2010 goal after 63 minutes, making it 2 - 4. K. Saalaste was noted down as the scorer. The home crowd cheered when, after 64 minutes, J. Otte's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. The referee showed cobreloa's P. Bertram the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. cobreloa enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

cobreloa's best player was S. Valderrama. On the other hand, J. Roselló's play was disheartening. T. Kaszta performed admirably for NikNokZ_2010. J. Strubbe was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 4.