tarongeta 1 - 1 SiUo (382929363)

18861 spectators had found their way to Mestalla, despite the heavy rain. Quirino Viggiano was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Avigdor Tzilker and Edward Śwircz. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Comunitat Valenciana derby and the crowd was divided evenly. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for tarongeta. The following players had been chosen: Bolboacă - Kaunismäki, Kurz-Wich, Siaba, Ruda - Dukel, Trincas, Wirobisch, Verkuil, Jatkauskas - Samoń.

SiUo tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Ibn-Rafiq - Teodoro, Paulo, Almog - Arrizuriaga, Dicastillo, Sanjaume, Clavier, Soós - Onţanu, Caballé.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of tarongeta. K. Arrizuriaga had a good try after 15 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. With their counter attack move halted 16 minutes into the game, tarongeta were left with a free kick. The ball is passed straight through to the other end of the penalty area, with hopes for it to reach S. Verkuil. However, he didn't have his wits about him and the ball went out. 21 minutes into the game, A. Dicastillo almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit T. Kurz-Wich just fine. 25 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for tarongeta to take the lead after a good cross from the right found P. Kaunismäki alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. J. Teodoro came close to putting the visiting team one up 30 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but S. Bolboacă managed to tip the ball to a corner. tarongeta's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 31 minutes gone, but P. Kaunismäki's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. It was 0 - 0 at the break. SiUo had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

48 minutes into the game, SiUo wanted to bring some new energy to their game. M. Soós gave C. Proença a quick hug as he left the field. tarongeta's T. Kurz-Wich was shown a yellow card after 58 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of SiUo's O. Almog after 65 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. T. Kurz-Wich charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equaliser for tarongeta, but the shot went well wide of the goal. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 83 minutes, tarongeta did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, S. Verkuil was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 1 - 1. With the clock showing 87 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of tarongeta resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by P. Kaunismäki in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. The referee showed tarongeta's C. Siaba the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. F. Sanjaume of SiUo had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. P. Bjørnethun came in to finish the match. Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the forty-five minutes.

The most dominating tarongeta player was without a doubt J. Samoń. S. Bolboacă turned in a dismal performance, however. SiUo's top performer was clearly V. Onţanu. P. Bjørnethun was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 1.