Castro 0 - 4 cromater (382901399)

26367 punters turned up at El Pradón, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Roman Hašto was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Thorben Franzl and Daniel Ferraz. Castro had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: de Valdeorras - Suero, Blanca, Selga - Pla, Barcela, Iruin, Abad Amorós, Arsov - Pinto Porras, Ballús.

cromater started off with a 5-3-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Jano - Geisselbacher, Rapali, Apelborg, Moce, Muderspach - Chodorek, Paz, Bhend - Carrasco, Tumiraos.

cromater clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. cromater were great at switching from defence to attack, and after 28 minutes, M. Moce swept through the middle on a counterattack, making the score 0 - 1. cromater caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 40 minutes into the match. M. Tumiraos was able to finish off the move - 0 - 2. S. Chodorek was in the clear after breaking the offside trap following a cromater counterattack from the left after 43 minutes. His neat finish made the score 0 - 3. 0 - 3 was the halftime score. Castro enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 71 percent of possession.

The crowd groaned when J. Pinto Porras, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for Castro. cromater's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 49 minutes gone, but M. Moce's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. After 70 minutes, Castro switched I. Blanca with M. Fabres, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. M. Fabres was handed the Castro captain's armband. Some things can only be learned through experience, and V. Suero should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting cromater a goal with 81 minutes of the match played. cromater had to make a substitution after 86 minutes. S. Chodorek limped off the field and was replaced by A. Tutusaus. E. Bhend stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving cromater the goal to make it 0 - 4. At this point, it was obvious that the players of cromater lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Castro had most of the ball, with 73 percent of possession.

Most important Castro player was T. Barcela. H. de Valdeorras turned in a dismal performance, however. cromater's top performer was clearly M. Tumiraos. However, A. Tutusaus made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 4.