Alonso 3 - 1 yosi (381044424)

41979 spectators arrived at Alonso Utd. Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Adam Robu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Markus Elbæk and Laurent Coppin. Alonso started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Buaron - Kor, Tzilker, Ganot - Ozer, Raviv, Yehezkel, Farell, Jackson - Tabet, Zfadia.

yosi had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Lineup: Purizaga - Aquino, Mouriño, Recalde, Galvano - Luijkx, Jelinek, Gärtner, Ruppmann, Rohée - Martens.

It was an obvious ambition of yosi to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Many thought M. Tabet ought to have been awarded a penalty 12 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around M. Purizaga after a determined run through the middle. Alonso had a chance to take the lead after S. Zfadia's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 18 minutes. M. Raviv gave Alonso the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 26 minutes in, Alonso's K. Farell received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The home side's M. Tabet came close to extending the lead 32 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but M. Purizaga managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. It was 1 - 0 at the break. Alonso enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

The yosi coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. The bench was restless, and with 51 minutes passed yosi's coach gave A. Hans the opportunity the player had been hoping for. F. Mouriño reluctantly left the field. yosi had a chance to level the score as O. Martens suddenly found himself free in the middle of the box with only the keeper to beat, but he misjudged the finish, and only managed to hit the bar. With 66 minutes played, Alonso put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to K. Farell, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. 74 minutes into the game, A. Hans had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came T. Atlan. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Alonso's M. Tabet increasing the lead to 3 - 0. 80 minutes in, an amazing pass from the left side resulted in a goal for the visitors, as A. Luijkx anticipated the through ball and scored, reducing the deficit to 3 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Alonso, with 58 percent of the ball.

Alonso's top performer was clearly T. Yehezkel. E. Buaron was a disappointment, however. The most dominating yosi player was without a doubt O. Martens. On the other hand, T. Atlan's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.