Merida 2 - 0 quero.team (382909442)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 39928 had shown up at Polideportivo La Paz for the match. Arnaud Crochemore was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Johan Bergstål and Ali Müfit Ordu. Merida started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Băcila - Ševelis, Basalo, Piccardi - Crepanes, Bettray, Cepeda, Tufiş, de Hoop - Ivarsson, Aksnes.

quero.team tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Fors - Rã, Zaplana, Stanke - Govea, Esclasans, Ortega, Quero, Cornello - Zúñiga Ramírez, Matute Suso.

quero.team saw most attack opportunities on the wings. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, G. Crepanes got himself booked. The manager of Merida was not happy. With 31 minutes played F. Bettray almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. Slack defending gave Merida a chance to take the lead with 32 minutes played, but A. Tufiş's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. As the 40 minute mark approached, the quero.team coach decided it was time for a substitution. J. Zaplana reluctantly made way for P. Schima on the pitch. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Merida, with 54 percent of the ball.

60 minutes into the game, G. Zúñiga Ramírez had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. After 72 minutes Merida's Ā. Ševelis contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. 77 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Merida was A. Aksnes. 79 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as A. Tufiş broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for Merida. Possession in this half belonged to Merida, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

Merida's best player was A. Tufiş. On the other hand, G. Crepanes's play was disheartening. The most dominating quero.team player was without a doubt A. Quero. B. Rã was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 0.