Bezana 0 - 0 Leganes (382891167)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 29279 at El patatal Playa today. Peter was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Thomas Alder and Jiří Pospíšil. Bezana tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Kala - Schorn, Tobiasen, Baierlipp - Bertonazzi, Arte, Paszek, Lakatos, Fanesi - Hamerlik, Beets.

Leganes started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Duval - Cohen, Onar, Portet - Ruutila, Gradoli, Özcan, Jenschke, Eide - Aréchiga, Malkenes.

5 minutes into the game, D. Jenschke was a hair's breadth away from giving Leganes the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by E. Kala saved the home team that time. After a fine move down the middle K. Hamerlik nearly gave the home side a goal after 9 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Leganes claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

E. Kala looked great 60 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' E. Eide. Many thought M. Beets ought to have been awarded a penalty 73 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around J. Duval after a determined run through the middle. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave D. Jenschke from Leganes a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 74 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Leganes enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

Bezana's best player was M. Beets. A. Bertonazzi was a disappointment, however. D. Jenschke performed admirably for Leganes. On the other hand, E. Eide's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 0.