tenax94 1 - 1 deportivo (382023840)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 6305 at tenax Arena today. Joan Barguño was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Andreas Wennborn and Gilberto Giacaman. tenax94 tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. Lineup: Andersson - D'Agostino, Baldazzi, Holmberg, Maltese, Faitelli - Nagl, Kemppainen, Beltrán Pedreira, Mladenov - Fleischmann.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for deportivo. They fielded: Mbeng - Charret, Eizaguirre, Bratosin - Dell'Anna, dos Ramos, Cenini, Popov, Ozeri - David, Putto.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of tenax94. The wings were the focus of most of deportivo's attacks today. 22 minutes into the game, a swerving free kick by T. D'Agostino almost resulted in the home team taking the lead, but the shot glanced harmlessly off the frame of the goal. tenax94 made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left S. Fleischmann completely alone with keeper S. Mbeng, who made a spectacular block. 33 minutes into the game, tenax94 seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to weak. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. deportivo had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

A review of the gameplan helped tenax94 get back to a passable organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. tenax94's I. Holmberg had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 64 minutes having been played. R. Pérez was the replacement. 80 minutes into the match, deportivo nearly took the lead, as R. Putto broke through on the right. A. Andersson made the save, however. After 83 minutes, deportivo's R. Putto swiftly ran past S. Maltese and nutmegged the keeper! 0 - 1. After 84 minutes of play, E. Baldazzi equalised for tenax94 after an elegant attack from the right. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by tenax94, with 52 percent of the ball.

tenax94's best player was J. Beltrán Pedreira. R. Pérez on the other hand, had a terrible day. H. David performed admirably for deportivo. On the other hand, M. Eizaguirre's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 1.