brownisalbinegros 0 - 11 Pardinyes (382887397)

It had rained all day, but 12000 hardy fans still made it out to Mariquita's Palace. Sullivan Perrier was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ignacio Rayón and Heliodoro Aguiño. brownisalbinegros tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Marina - Năstase, Richart, Salas, Nalda - Mantiñán, Roger Aresti, Brusca, Pangua - Brugué, Jiménez.

Pardinyes started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Cupeiro - Santos, Rubio, Fernán - Espigolé, Beitia, Bartolomé, Comesaña, Cornell - Manzano López, Pavlović.

Pardinyes took the lead 11 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. A. Comesaña was the scorer. 29 minutes into the game, E. Manzano López had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came X. Afán de Ribera. Some fine movement on the left led to a Pardinyes goal after 31 minutes, making it 0 - 2. A. Comesaña was noted down as the scorer. With 38 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed G. Santos of Pardinyes to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. By now, the players in Pardinyes felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. It was a bad day for the usually speedy J. Rubio. The mud seemed to slow him down. After 42 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed M. Pavlović to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 4. M. Pavlović acted with superior experience when, 43 minutes into the match, he predicted a pass, intercepted it and then finished off with a goal. 0 - 5 for Pardinyes! Given a free kick close to the byline, Pardinyes tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let Ó. Bartolomé slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 0 - 6, 44 minutes into the game. Halftime score was 0 - 6. Pardinyes claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 92 percent.

After 53 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for M. Pavlović who increased Pardinyes's lead to 0 - 7. By then M. Pavlović had scored three goals - a hat trick! X. Afán de Ribera increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 8. 68 minutes into the game, Pardinyes's A. Comesaña surprised the visitors with a raking cross-field pass to X. Afán de Ribera who easily found the back of the net, making the score 0 - 9. S. Cornell fired a shot from distance after 72 minutes, but the long shot couldn't find the net for Pardinyes. 73 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 10 as G. Santos finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. After 78 minutes, Pardinyes's M. Espigolé burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 11. Pardinyes enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 93 percent of possession.

The most dominating brownisalbinegros player was without a doubt V. Jiménez. However, A. Marina made a disastrous appearance. Most important Pardinyes player was A. Comesaña. On the other hand, X. Afán de Ribera's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 11.