La reale 2 - 1 A.S.ISPANICO (381816367)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 22675 at Ibrux Park today. Ville Nyfors was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jens Guggenbühl and Marco Wahl. La reale started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Beffert - Ammann, Litscher, Alvensleben - Bousquet, Genders, Seznec, Jacovone, Duchau - Damião, Zenteno.

A.S.ISPANICO decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: de Both - Névès, Puyol, Lagreca - Corsetti, Boissin, Maidan, Pieroni, Drosoglou - Natal, Pritt.

A.S.ISPANICO were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. 3 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for La reale to take the lead after a good cross from the right found D. Zenteno alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. La reale took the lead, 1 - 0, after a penalty 19 minutes into the match. H. Damião scored from the penalty spot. With 25 minutes played, La reale's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to P. Jacovone he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 2 - 0. The players of La reale now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. A.S.ISPANICO kept trying to force their way through on the right side and G. Natal got his chance after 26 minutes, but the home side's defence held their position and stopped the attack. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to La reale, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

The referee showed La reale's M. Bousquet the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The corner kick from E. Drosoglou was powerfully met by the head of M. Puyol to make the score 2 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by La reale, with 56 percent of the ball.

The most dominating La reale player was without a doubt P. Jacovone. M. Beffert was a disappointment, however. G. Natal performed admirably for A.S.ISPANICO. On the other hand, F. Lagreca's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 1.