Penpes 5 - 3 dorado (382894809)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 27889 that came out to Lavabos Arena. Valentin Peer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Fábio Alhinho and Rene Klausen. Penpes had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Baiñas - Polati, Croes, Chlaň - Moreno Torres, Carlsen, Etschberger, Oropeza, Patti - Rojas Manrique, Altkind.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for dorado. The following players had been chosen: Kühlmann - Perreten, Milecki, Jiménez Ayuso - Monteserín, Moreno Cala, Serna, Lauzirika, Martikorena - Bliznyuk, Nunes.

Penpes saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Penpes had a chance to take the lead after E. Moreno Torres's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 5 minutes. After 34 minutes V. Patti made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to F. Altkind who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 1 - 0. A well-executed free kick by E. Rojas Manrique after 36 minutes made it 2 - 0 for Penpes. K. Milecki sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from N. Bliznyuk after 40 minutes of play, making the score 2 - 1. After 41 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and E. Rojas Manrique gave the Penpes supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 1. Penpes had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. Penpes put in a good effort on the right, but E. Rojas Manrique saw his volley fly wide of the mark 43 minutes into the game. dorado's K. Milecki left the field after 43 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was J. Ibros. D. Oropeza unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. It was 3 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Penpes, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

It wasn't a good day at all for C. Polati. His powerful style of play just didn't fit the bill on this warm day. With 81 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, dorado showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 3 - 2 when N. Bliznyuk got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. With 85 minutes played, Penpes put themselves up 4 - 2 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to F. Altkind, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. dorado were desperate to get a goal back and pushed forward through the middle 87 minutes into the game. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped to A. Martikorena, who smashed it home to make the score 4 - 3. Penpes put themselves up 5 - 3 when E. Moreno Torres broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Penpes, with 52 percent of the ball.

V. Patti performed admirably for Penpes. G. Baiñas was a disappointment, however. dorado's top performer was clearly N. Nunes. J. Ibros on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 3.