avadore 0 - 3 httugas (379714412)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 1526 at Corgania Arena today. Henry Ainsworth was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Morten Kristiansen and Bálint Kaskötő. avadore had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Redomero - Vilada, Alòs, Báča - Maestro Buelga, Konsi, Abellá, Henriques, Pintos - Crosas, Velasco.

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

avadore tried to focus their attacks down the middle. httugas demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. F. Redomero looked great 3 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' A. Andrade. httugas had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 8 minutes in when M. Mingrino came up alone against F. Redomero who managed a block. avadore players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. J. Henriques behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 32 minutes as he gave the ball away to A. Eroğlu. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. It was 0 - 0 at the break. httugas claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

After 51 minutes, httugas 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 G. Schluneger, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 0 - 1. The crowd was amused as S. Lemos of httugas used a few interesting tricks and dribbles to get into the penalty box. The finish by A. Andrade wasn't very amusing, however, as the ball flew way over the crossbar. 66 minutes into the match, G. Schluneger came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. After 69 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed A. Eroğlu to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. With 73 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed J. Pellet of httugas to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. Possession in this half belonged to httugas, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

Most important avadore player was J. Henriques. On the other hand, F. Redomero's play was disheartening. P. Valette performed admirably for httugas. M. Calado was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 3.