Greengroucers 1 - 1 Gurufis (382886253)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Greengroucers Arena saw a crowd turnout of 69500. Valdecir Cortez was the appointed referee with assistance provided by 侯 (Hou) 勇宾 (Yongbin) and Lambertus Geervliet. Greengroucers started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Andersson - Granell, Guals, Martínez Conde - Domingos Sousa, Fontecha, Gruilles, Codeseda, Falero - Sorzano, Solar.

Gurufis tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Prauda - Chevalier, Zupin, Tallarico, Vattuone - Moisa, Mir, Majantie, Rechberger - Cayón, Zanetti.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Gurufis. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, L. Granell got himself booked. The manager of Greengroucers was not happy. Greengroucers had a good opportunity to take the lead as M. Martínez Conde came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of J. Prauda. A. Cayón sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from M. Majantie after 37 minutes of play, making the score 0 - 1. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave E. Mir from Gurufis a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 38 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Greengroucers were close to equalising with a spectacular free kick by C. Gruilles after 39 minutes, but J. Prauda made a great save, tipping it to a corner. A counterattack by Gurufis after 41 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but E. Mir, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. Greengroucers's A. Guals placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but L. Granell couldn't finish. 44 minutes into the match, Greengroucers's S. Domingos Sousa maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 1 - 1. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Greengroucers, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

Gurufis almost scored after a swift counterattack 62 minutes into the game, but A. Vattuone put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. 66 minutes into the game, Greengroucers wanted to bring some new energy to their game. A. Guals gave J. Marlet a quick hug as he left the field. 78 minutes in, the unpredictable S. Domingos Sousa of Greengroucers turned and curled the ball towards goal, but it flew inches wide of the post, almost taking out a member of the crowd! Many thought R. Falero ought to have been awarded a penalty 83 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around J. Prauda after a determined run through the middle. Some great play up the middle by Greengroucers led to a chance for M. Martínez Conde to score after 84 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. Gurufis mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 85 minutes, but M. Zanetti was unable to convert from short range. Greengroucers claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 72 percent.

J. Fontecha performed admirably for Greengroucers. However, R. Falero made a disastrous appearance. Most important Gurufis player was M. Zanetti. M. Moisa on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 1.