Jonnydog 2 - 1 Ondarruko (382929327)

32538 punters turned up at La Perrera, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Roham Hossein khani was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roli Malcuit and Gražutis Daktariūnas. Jonnydog tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Lavado - Holmberg, Campino, Simon - Halvorsen, Jansson, Granado, Slyngborg, Totano - Frittelli, Cabrera.

Ondarruko started off with a 4-3-3 lineup. Lineup: Suykerbuijck - Horner, Cachupín, Olivina, Lavaud - Vanasse, Bruininx, de Rougemont - de la Venta, Zúñiga García, Massons.

Jonnydog seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Ondarruko. Ondarruko took the lead 25 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. M. Vanasse was the scorer. Ondarruko's R. Zúñiga García was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 27 minutes. Ondarruko will have to do without W. de Rougemont for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 31 minute mark. He was substituted by M. Balk. Some fine passing in the middle of the pitch, carving open the away defence, should have led to a goal for Jonnydog, but B. Cabrera's shot went over the bar. 33 minutes into the game, L. Campino came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. Jonnydog players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. After 34 minutes of play, D. Frittelli evened things up for Jonnydog with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 1 - 1. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Jonnydog enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 63 percent of possession.

T. Slyngborg would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. À. Lleixà entered the game for Jonnydog as the match clock showed 46 minutes. In a rapid move 47 minutes into the match, D. Frittelli of Jonnydog lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked B. Cabrera who easily hit it home to make it 2 - 1. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! After 52 minutes, Ondarruko switched M. Vanasse with P. Gil, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Ondarruko almost scored after a counterattack 55 minutes into the match, but I. Massons took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net. D. Frittelli could have increased the lead after 63 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. With 65 minutes played, Jonnydog's R. Jansson almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. S. Totano wanted to play on, but the Jonnydog coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 70 minutes into the game by J. Maura. 72 minutes in, Ondarruko's M. Balk received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Possession in this half belonged to Jonnydog, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

D. Frittelli performed admirably for Jonnydog. J. Maura turned in a dismal performance, however. Ondarruko's best player was I. Massons. On the other hand, O. Olivina's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 1.