Atletico 1 - 2 Onzina (380778869)

50099 spectators had come to Atletico Arena this cloudy day. Frédéric Pellegrin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Felix Bauer and Roman Alyabyev. Atletico started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Scheppens - Jernsletten, Silaghi, Zanna - Antunes, Sanda, Radu, Pârvu, Matei - Pelin, Ougaard.

Onzina tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. They fielded: Orsi - Mininni, Würsig, Fiorese, Orhan - Roland, Heikura, Çıra, Riffard, Quezada - Verreth.

Onzina preferred to finish off their attacks from a distance. C. Verreth of Onzina was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish T. Silaghi, which resulted in a goal making the score 0 - 1. Atletico had a magnificent opportunity after 31 minutes as S. Radu hit the ball hard from the edge of the penalty box. However, the shot went wide. 39 minutes in, Atletico's R. Zanna received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 40 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by Onzina was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. With 43 minutes played, Atletico's C. Pelin found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Atletico had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

Instead of playing a 50/50 ball into the penalty area, Onzina's R. Fiorese skipped past the marking defender and passed the ball to J. Quezada who finished it off from distance. The keeper could only stand and watch as the hard shot hit the underside of the cross bar, and in to make it 0 - 2 with 47 minutes played. By now, the players in Onzina felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. A marvellous Atletico effort on the right-hand side resulted in a goal after 53 minutes by E. Ougaard, making the score 1 - 2. Atletico claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

Most important Atletico player was C. Pelin. S. Scheppens on the other hand, had a terrible day. Onzina's best player was C. Verreth. However, P. Orsi made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 2.