locomitiv 1 - 3 Sporting (382897569)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 53280 to locomitiv de magraners Arena. Armando Wyler was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gonzalo Piñera and Tom Schalow. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for locomitiv. Lineup: Mărgărit - Dale, Tudor, Nebunu - Nedović, Rimbaud, Kuß, Gernsheimer - Noyola, Melchor, Obada.

Sporting decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Costa - Costa, Novo, Irabarreta - Tennur, Davi, Duinker, Oswaldt, Suárez - Ferrero, Fredriksson.

The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave B. Gernsheimer from locomitiv a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 2 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! locomitiv's B. Tudor got himself booked for a foul. The visiting R. Irabarreta was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 17 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Costa got himself booked. The manager of Sporting was not happy. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, Sporting's M. Tennur somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for V. Ferrero, who struck for 0 - 2. Halftime score was 0 - 2. Sporting enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

The bench was restless, and with 46 minutes passed locomitiv's coach gave E. Zars the opportunity the player had been hoping for. C. Nebunu reluctantly left the field. After 50 minutes, locomitiv switched T. Rimbaud with M. Adam, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. E. Zars was handed the locomitiv captain's armband. V. Ferrero received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 56 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 3. The Sporting fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. The players of Sporting now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. K. Duinker's technique was perfect on this sunny day and led to some breathtaking tricks that bamboozled the defence. locomitiv's M. Adam got the home crowd going when he finished off a left wing charge, reducing the away team's lead to 1 - 3. Sporting's K. Duinker made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 72 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. Sporting had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

The most dominating locomitiv player was without a doubt O. Obada. B. Gernsheimer turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Sporting player was L. Fredriksson. S. Suárez on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 3.