FCjuanlaraes 2 - 1 Bonita (382921393)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 19741 had shown up at Bagatel Stadium for the match. Jean-Claude Mora was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Eugenio Bisi and Evgenios Pountos. FCjuanlaraes tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players took the field: Moutou - Ţăranu, Zandbergen, Chorafas - Gerbier, Vervoort, Teletina, Chang Hock - Kesselhuth, Vassbotn, Albariño.

Bonita had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Montalvo - Rivero, Nachev, Mataró - Errazquin, Campos, Braunbart, Engler, Cavalieri - Homar, Fonseca.

FCjuanlaraes fans held their breath as É. Gerbier scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! 23 minutes in, Bonita's J. Mataró received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. T. Vervoort's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for FCjuanlaraes, he bravely continued in the match. R. Fonseca finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 1 - 1 25 minutes into the match. Bonita's G. Homar could have put the guests one up after 28 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but S. Moutou was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. FCjuanlaraes made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left J. Vassbotn completely alone with keeper R. Montalvo, who made a spectacular block. It was 1 - 1 at the break. FCjuanlaraes enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 65 percent of possession.

They were singing the praises of S. Kesselhuth 65 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 2 - 1 to FCjuanlaraes. Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the Bonita manager used a brief break in play after 65 minutes to give the players new directives. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, M. Engler got himself booked. The manager of Bonita was not happy. The FCjuanlaraes players could smell victory in the air. S. Kesselhuth wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for O. Jobin after 71 minutes. With 86 minutes played, B. Zandbergen of FCjuanlaraes fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by FCjuanlaraes, with 66 percent of the ball.

The most dominating FCjuanlaraes player was without a doubt É. Gerbier. O. Jobin was a disappointment, however. Bonita's top performer was clearly R. Fonseca. A. Errazquin turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 1.