ori 1 - 0 Lospistos (379809933)

It had rained all day, but 2094 hardy fans still made it out to ori Arena. Forest Kewell was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jari W. Leinonen and Dick Finnegan. ori had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players took the field: Cabeirás - Sáez Sánchez, De Lózar - Cook, Coët, Kozlovskis, Guardado, Altman - Iratzagorria, Băncilă, Falch.

Lospistos decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. Starters: Quinteros - Jespersson, Azexas, Gasol, Padrenda, Congostro - Bezner, Vallaure, Devlin - Collin, Alexandrov.

Lospistos immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. As the 2 minute mark approached, the Lospistos coach decided it was time for a substitution. H. Jespersson reluctantly made way for J. Aduna on the pitch. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like G. Kozlovskis. N. Cabeirás looked great 13 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' A. Alexandrov. 18 minutes into the game, V. Sáez Sánchez had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came M. Yakushev. Lospistos's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. Lospistos's D. Vallaure left the field after 30 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was B. Varela Neto. C. Devlin would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. A. Legarretaetxebarria entered the game for Lospistos as the match clock showed 40 minutes. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by ori, with 62 percent of the ball.

After 46 minutes, the ori coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving G. Falch off the field. D. Ballotta took his place. 46 minutes into the game, ori wanted to bring some new energy to their game. M. Coët gave T. Kafkaridis a quick hug as he left the field. M. Yakushev was handed the ori captain's armband. With 67 minutes played, B. Varela Neto of Lospistos fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. At this time in the match, Lospistos were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. Making his way up the middle 88 minutes into the match, M. Băncilă almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert C. Quinteros blocked it to keep the score level. Possession in this half belonged to ori, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

As neither team was able to break the deadlock before the end of regular play, the teams took to the field again for extra time. After 91 minutes, the Lospistos coach made a sign to J. Aduna, who soon changed positions with A. Gasol. J. Aduna seemed highly inexperienced when, after 94 minutes, he was caught dilly-dallying with the ball and allowed D. Ballotta to intercept and strike home the goal for ori to make the score 1 - 0. What a dramatic win for ori! M. Yakushev performed admirably for ori. H. Guardado on the other hand, had a terrible day. Lospistos's top performer was clearly E. Azexas. J. Collin was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 0.