MENISCOS 2 - 1 Cabaleiros (382888941)

40725 punters turned up at MENISCOS INFIERNO, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Constantin Dobrea was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Aurelian Nitã and Andrea Caracciolo. MENISCOS tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players took the field: Rodríguez - Frasso, Riba, Palacios, Pietra - Janeček, Torres, Martineau, Canales, Mattick - Bucchi.

Cabaleiros had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Colom - Jiménez Terol, Medrano Ruiz, Pareja - Herczyński, Pérez, Coloreu, Alvis - Alemany, Ovando Ferrer, Norrflod.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for MENISCOS. For their match strategy, Cabaleiros had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. Cabaleiros's L. Alvis had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 5 minutes having been played. J. Guaso was the replacement. Making his way up the middle 14 minutes into the match, V. Bucchi almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert M. Colom blocked it to keep the score level. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to MENISCOS, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

The cannonball from 35 metres by M. Canales of MENISCOS was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. MENISCOS's Y. Martineau tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. After 52 minutes, Cabaleiros's T. Norrflod swiftly ran past E. Riba and nutmegged the keeper! 0 - 1. With 55 minutes played, the MENISCOS coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. D. Eroles came on, Y. Martineau had to leave the fray. The crowd was on its feet 59 minutes into the match, as MENISCOS's Ó. Torres found himself unmarked in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 1 - 1 equaliser. 85 minutes into the game, Cabaleiros had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to poor. 88 minutes into the match and the home team took a 2 - 1 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for MENISCOS was S. Mattick. The bench was restless, and with 88 minutes passed Cabaleiros's coach gave Ó. Rovere the opportunity the player had been hoping for. P. Medrano Ruiz reluctantly left the field. MENISCOS claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

MENISCOS's best player was D. Rodríguez. M. Frasso turned in a dismal performance, however. I. Ovando Ferrer performed admirably for Cabaleiros. However, J. Guaso made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 1.