veneno 6 - 3 Irmandiños (379869047)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and kiko's veneno Arena saw a crowd turnout of 1165. Iuri Lopes Cruz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mikel Delarche and Ken Kütt. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for veneno. They fielded: Pitko - Batista, San Juan, Ritmeester - Štach, Weyher, Snitkovsky, Juarros, Ratman - Lascarache, Świerc.

Irmandiños tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Echebarri - Espilla, Zamargilea, Popescu - Fontbernat, Jass, Amiot, Freyenschlag, Anjala - Becattini, Vados.

veneno fans held their breath as B. Weyher scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! 23 minutes into the game, N. Amiot had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came N. Băescu. The head of J. Fontbernat connected with a corner kick after 26 minutes, and the ball ended up with B. Popescu of Irmandiños who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 1 - 1. They were singing the praises of G. Snitkovsky 27 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 2 - 1 to veneno. The referee was not popular with the home supporters after he awarded Irmandiños a controversial penalty after 38 minutes. K. Zamargilea made no mistake, levelling the score at 2 - 2. M. Štach could have put veneno into the lead after 41 minutes, but the free kick went just wide. Halftime score was 2 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to veneno, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

A badly positioned defensive formation on a free kick after 49 minutes led to Irmandiños's K. Zamargilea giving the visitors the lead 2 - 3. After 57 minutes of play, D. San Juan evened things up for veneno with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 3 - 3. After 67 minutes, H. Ratman came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 4 - 3, giving veneno the lead. T. Anjala made a quick rush after 74 minutes, but B. Weyher had no problems keeping up the pace and stopped the attack. veneno managed to extend their lead to 5 - 3 when C. Lascarache cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. G. Snitkovsky increased the lead for veneno to 6 - 3, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! There was concern in the stands when, at the 83 minute mark, Irmandiños's J. Fontbernat hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. veneno enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 65 percent of possession.

The most dominating veneno player was without a doubt G. Snitkovsky. On the other hand, A. Ritmeester's play was disheartening. Irmandiños's top performer was clearly G. Becattini. B. Popescu turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 6 - 3.