juanvi 0 - 3 Ribagorda (382888469)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Estadi Josep Guardiola saw a crowd turnout of 43428. Per 'Presten' Henriksson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lauri Allinen and Baaska 'Genghis Khan' Chatagai. juanvi tactics involved an interesting 5-5-0 combination. The following players had been chosen: Búrdalo - Carmuega, Morlanes, Sáinz Diez, Hijano, Alzamora - Łusiewicz, Pablo, Quintana, Guilella, Cobos -.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Ribagorda. Lineup: Ezquerdo - Tello, Aroztegui, Alventosa - Jeanney, Drummond, Košina, Hartzuiker, Krautzig - Sauvage, Profir.

juanvi clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Ribagorda saw most attack opportunities on the wings. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when S. Jeanney slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against J. Búrdalo, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. 6 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for juanvi to take the lead after a good cross from the right found F. Łusiewicz alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. After 20 minutes, Ribagorda put themselves up 0 - 1, as A. Sauvage finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. G. Cobisi was called on to replace juanvi's Q. Quintana after 24 minutes following a nasty collision. The referee showed juanvi's G. Cobisi the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. With 37 minutes played, juanvi's I. Cobos found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Ribagorda claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 62 percent.

Ribagorda increased their lead after 53 minutes when C. Tello broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay. The crowd gasped as F. Košina of Ribagorda was flattened by an opponent after 56 minutes and had to be carried off. H. Kosta came in off the bench. I. Profir was the new captain of Ribagorda - handed the armband by the departing player. After 59 minutes, Ribagorda were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. M. Drummond did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. juanvi mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 61 minutes, but B. Sáinz Diez was unable to convert from short range. The juanvi coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. M. Pablo neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to V. Carmuega who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. With 68 minutes played, Ribagorda put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was I. Profir. After 70 minutes, juanvi switched B. Sáinz Diez with F. Eguióiz, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The juanvi players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. Possession in this half belonged to Ribagorda, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

F. Eguióiz performed admirably for juanvi. G. Cobisi was a disappointment, however. Ribagorda's top performer was clearly A. Sauvage. I. Profir on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.