Angels 0 - 2 Sporting (380282332)

Dark skies made the crowd of 20000 at Swedish Paradise a little nervous, but the rain held off. Przemysław Starzyński was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roope Mäntykangas and Miika Huhtasalo. A 5-5-0 alignment was the formation of choice for Angels. Starters: Merenda - Laser, Juárez Sierra, Kuchin, Gisselmann, Damsted Petersen - Marturano, Ellesø, Scarzanella, Buljubasich, Roziński -.

Sporting decided to use a 5-5-0 set up. They fielded: Pérez - Bernabeu, Gil Pérez, Seeleitner, Gaccio, Contreras - Branda, Molins, Andersson, Buzzo, Popescu -.

Today, Sporting's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. 26 minutes into the game, Angels seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. K. Laser of Angels was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. After 40 minutes, the Sporting coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving G. Buzzo off the field. B. Lancheros took his place. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Sporting, with 51 percent of the ball.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Angels had solid organisation. As the 51 minute mark approached, the Angels coach decided it was time for a substitution. M. Kuchin reluctantly made way for G. Vanyushkin on the pitch. 54 minutes into the game, Angels wanted to bring some new energy to their game. H. Ellesø gave F. Gormaz a quick hug as he left the field. W. Scarzanella became the new Angels captain. N. Damsted Petersen would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. J. de Mul entered the game for Angels as the match clock showed 56 minutes. After 60 minutes, Sporting put themselves up 0 - 1, as A. Gil Pérez finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. After 71 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Angels found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to solid. With 86 minutes played, Sporting put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was D. Andersson. The coach of Sporting was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 87 minutes, R. Caneva came on for E. Popescu. B. Lancheros was the new captain of Sporting - handed the armband by the departing player. B. Branda left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 87 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. F. Mercuri was the replacement. Players in Sporting heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. After the ball was lifted in from the left, D. Andersson was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 88 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, J. Contreras would have put Sporting up another goal 89 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. Coming in from the right, Angels had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 89 minutes, but W. Roziński's attempt to finish was easily stopped. 89 minutes into the game, Angels had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable. Possession in this half belonged to Sporting, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

Angels's top performer was clearly W. Roziński. G. Vanyushkin turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Sporting player was without a doubt B. Lancheros. D. Andersson on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 2.