atletico 0 - 2 laNena (380081657)

15242 punters turned up at New venecia, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Milomir Dunjić was the appointed referee. atletico had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Pinto Baptista - Erçetin, Verrier, Callegati, Pszczoliński - Opfer, Yakalı, Baliña - Dego, Gencay, Cardini.

laNena tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players took the field: Acavallo - Hartgring, Echevarriabengoa, Troitiño, Hornillos, Izmendi - Pomme, Ammann, Özer, Frella - Cobianchi.

atletico clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for laNena. A penalty was given after 14 minutes, allowing the visitors to gain the lead: 0 - 1. S. Özer was the scorer. An amazing free kick flew past the home keeper 15 minutes into the match, putting laNena ahead 0 - 2. S. Özer was the scorer. The players of laNena now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. It was 0 - 2 at the break. laNena enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

Although the whole team were struggling to impress, atletico's F. Pinto Baptista was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 66 minutes. B. Urruya was given a chance to change things around. After 70 minutes, atletico switched Y. Yakalı with F. Verón, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The bench was restless, and with 80 minutes passed atletico's coach gave J. Hooyberghs the opportunity the player had been hoping for. E. Pszczoliński reluctantly left the field. Possession in this half belonged to laNena, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Most important atletico player was J. Verrier. R. Baliña was a disappointment, however. C. Troitiño performed admirably for laNena. V. Acavallo on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 2.