sundin 4 - 3 atleticomineiro (381782687)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and CAYADA arena saw a crowd turnout of 19206. Jonas Fornes was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cristi Buzila and Helge Olsen. sundin had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Warén - Minger, Essling, Rinteelä - Heurtaux, Kuster, Antheunis, Sinde, Sarno - Fetz, Araque.

atleticomineiro tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. They fielded: Ahmed - Rindlisbacher, de Schrijver - Tutuianu, Porteiro, Nekov, Skarica, Tut - Berlanda, Mazić, Natoli.

It was an obvious ambition of sundin to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. S. Skarica still has a lot to learn. For instance, he should know not to make half-hearted passes in front of H. Kuster, who easily scored for sundin, making it 1 - 0. atleticomineiro tied it all up, 13 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by G. Berlanda, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 1 - 1. They were singing the praises of D. Heurtaux 15 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 2 - 1 to sundin. After 16 minutes atleticomineiro's S. Skarica contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. 18 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as R. Essling broke through, making the score 3 - 1 for sundin. sundin's I. Araque swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave L. Antheunis from sundin a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 35 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The visitors got one back when G. Berlanda finished off a pass from the left and scored after 41 minutes. 3 - 2 was the score. R. Essling's curling free kick almost found the goal for sundin, but the visitors' keeper somehow managed to get ahold of it. 3 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to atleticomineiro, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

A great save by keeper N. Ahmed after 50 minutes kept the visitors in the game after I. Araque struck from the left with a real cannonball. atleticomineiro's right side looked dangerous 75 minutes in, but J. Warén made a good save on G. Berlanda's hard shot to the top corner. After 85 minutes sundin's A. Sarno limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, sundin's A. Sarno somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for I. Araque, who struck for 4 - 2. 89 minutes into the match, atleticomineiro replied and reduced the lead to 4 - 3. S. Skarica scored on a marvellous cross pass coming in from the left. atleticomineiro enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

sundin's top performer was clearly J. Fetz. L. Antheunis on the other hand, had a terrible day. Ž. Mazić performed admirably for atleticomineiro. A. Tutuianu was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 3.