arquitectura_reus 1 - 3 AT-MADRID (380081225)

Clouds darkened the skies at Reus arena as 16973 spectators turned up for the match. Hansdieter Elsasser was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mirco Manowski and André Busemann. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for arquitectura_reus. The following players had been chosen: Wardziński - Damaschke, Farci, Miech - Travert, Maute, Vukajlović, Ortigão, Diringshofen - Albages, Nuolivirta.

AT-MADRID decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Brothanek - Kontor, Ribas Blanco, Moya, Chirico - Gispert-Saüch, Bandarra, Eesmaa, Koskinen - Vidarte, Salmi.

arquitectura_reus mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. AT-MADRID took the lead 8 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. C. Ribas Blanco was the scorer. A. Salmi of AT-MADRID took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 34 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. Confident in their lead, AT-MADRID's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. With the scoreboard showing that 43 minutes had been played, AT-MADRID nearly put themselves up another goal after C. Bandarra came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. arquitectura_reus claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

A. Vidarte wanted to play on, but the AT-MADRID coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by R. Kiskapusi. The AT-MADRID players could smell victory in the air. A. Koskinen wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for I. Martínez Ares after 46 minutes. The bench was restless, and with 55 minutes passed arquitectura_reus's coach gave L. Babacek the opportunity the player had been hoping for. B. Albages reluctantly left the field. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, arquitectura_reus's L. Nuolivirta was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 57 minutes. A. Roşu was given a chance to change things around. After 64 minutes, S. Farci sent the corner kick right to N. Vukajlović who headed it sharply past the keeper. 1 - 2! With 65 minutes played, arquitectura_reus's S. Farci found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. A drive down the left side allowed R. Kiskapusi to get in close and score another goal for AT-MADRID after 68 minutes, taking the score to 1 - 3. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave I. Martínez Ares from AT-MADRID a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 83 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by arquitectura_reus, with 57 percent of the ball.

The most dominating arquitectura_reus player was without a doubt M. Maute. B. Wardziński turned in a dismal performance, however. A. Eesmaa performed admirably for AT-MADRID. P. Brothanek was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 3.