12000 punters turned up at
Sputnik Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came.
Arthur Franz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Henrik Guldemeester and
Lambertus Geervliet.
Sputnik started off with a 4-4-2 lineup.
They fielded: Rey - Pallàs, Jové, Curto, Casasús - Sánchez-Bella, Espino, Labeaga, Martínez - Florea, Frasquet.
temerarios had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation.
Starters: Pfordten - Zapata, Naciu, Monteiro - Popovici, Bandeira, Oyenard, Habibvand, Galquio - Alférez García, Tasapää.
A penalty was given after 9 minutes, allowing the visitors to gain the lead: 0 - 1.
V. Popovici was the scorer.
temerarios increased their lead after 12 minutes when
C. Galquio broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay.
A penalty was awarded after 20 minutes, and
V. Popovici made the most of his chance to put temerarios up by another goal. 0 - 3 for the visitors.
By now, the players in temerarios felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward.
After 28 minutes, temerarios's
V. Popovici burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 4.
This third goal completed a hattrick for
V. Popovici.
S. Frasquet of Sputnik was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle.
The visitors'
A. Alférez García took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 31 minutes into the match. 0 - 5 for temerarios.
M. Bandeira of temerarios received a yellow card after 38 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour.
The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 5.
Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by temerarios, with 79 percent of the ball.
J. Oyenard increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 6.
65 minutes in, the unpredictable
R. Sánchez-Bella of Sputnik turned and curled the ball towards goal, but it flew inches wide of the post, almost taking out a member of the crowd!
After 73 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed
Ş. Naciu to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 7.
V. Popovici of temerarios took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 75 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 8.
temerarios's
A. Alférez García proved that he's been around on a football pitch before, when he took advantage of a few moments of confusion in the opposition's defensive line and elegantly scored for 0 - 9.
After 83 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
A. Monteiro who increased temerarios's lead to 0 - 10.
88 minutes into the match,
Ş. Naciu came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide.
Possession in this half belonged to temerarios, who controlled the ball 84 percent of the time.
Sputnik's best player was
S. Frasquet.
M. Rey on the other hand, had a terrible day.
Ş. Naciu performed admirably for temerarios.
V. Popovici turned in a dismal performance, however.
The match ends 0 - 10.