atlético 1 - 3 Camps (382916634)

The 18139 fans in attendance at Vicente Calderon were roasting in the hot sun. Murat 'Elefant' Heuser was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Semen Avgustov and Tibo Lievrouw. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for atlético. The following players took the field: Oneroso - Tornander, Noronen, Peron - Holletschek, Höttges, Rabilloud, Grossenbacher - Solcia, Nalda, Gómez Martelo.

Camps decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: van Creveld - Real, Łasica, Roche - Cataluña, Alventosa, Baudoin, Vallverdú, Pürenvar - Rath, Mcdowell.

atlético mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Camps's S. Pürenvar after 2 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. F. Real's technique was perfect on this sunny day and led to some breathtaking tricks that bamboozled the defence. Camps's Ł. Łasica had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 25 minutes having been played. F. Bellotto was the replacement. Some fine passing in the middle of the pitch, carving open the away defence, should have led to a goal for atlético, but M. Nalda's shot went over the bar. T. Baudoin received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 30 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The Camps fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. By now, the players in Camps felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. atlético's M. Solcia was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 32 minutes. The situation leading to atlético's penalty 33 minutes into the match will be much debated after the game ends, but the competent C. Peron didn't hesitate to make the score 1 - 2. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. atlético enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

atlético put pressure on the visitors' central defence 54 minutes into the game, but J. Noronen couldn't find an opening. Camps's D. Cataluña got himself booked for a foul. With 73 minutes gone, atlético's M. Solcia had to leave the pitch after talking back to the referee and receiving his second booking. Usually a powerful player on the field, C. Peron looked kind of pale and tired under the hot sun. 84 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 3 as F. Bellotto finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. atlético had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Possession in this half belonged to atlético, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

atlético's best player was S. Höttges. On the other hand, F. Gómez Martelo's play was disheartening. D. Mcdowell performed admirably for Camps. D. Cataluña on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 3.