xampions 0 - 5 artistas (382887775)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 24782 to blanco estadium. Carl Nissen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Emílio Belmonte and Norberto Rubén Luna. A 2-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for xampions. Starters: de Zwart - Davies, Arnedo - Araújo Rodrigues, Pérez, Kashintsev, Pemler, Allaert - Solís Zuleta, Mezős.

artistas decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Blanco - Mangstl, Ciguri, Celayeta - de Bever, Puiggermanal, Gual, Aceijas, Ferrández - Medih, Parra.

The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave T. Allaert from xampions a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 23 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! G. Medih had a good try after 39 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. T. Allaert knew he was in trouble after hacking down an opponent. Despite his pleading with the referee, the xampions player was shown a second yellow card and dismissed from the game. 43 minutes into the game, xampions had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable. 44 minutes into the game, xampions seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. The terraces were silenced after 44 minutes when artistas's G. Medih put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. artistas had most of the ball, with 69 percent of possession.

During the break, xampions's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. The home crowd was not impressed when G. Medih came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 52 minutes. artistas were now up 0 - 2. 71 minutes into the game, C. Solís Zuleta had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came F. Xhaferi. After 73 minutes, artistas's J. Ferrández burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3. The players of artistas now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. After 78 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave J. de Bever a chance to increase the lead for artistas, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 4. After 82 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for S. Aceijas who increased artistas's lead to 0 - 5. 84 minutes into the game, xampions seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to weak. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by artistas, with 67 percent of the ball.

xampions's best player was C. Pérez. A. Araújo Rodrigues on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating artistas player was without a doubt G. Medih. J. Ferrández turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 5.