mazos 2 - 1 caixua (382936243)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 29889 that came out to mazos Arena. Jaime Angeloni was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jan Sapielak and Vít Borský. mazos had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Newton - Eralp, Neşet, Valcarcel - Iacob, Isenhardt, Puskás, Camporeale, Roldán - Casino, Mellilä.

caixua started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Ramírez Guzmán - Gurmann, Babel, Ganea - Oliva, Sergeant, Pla, Zanderink, Ichim - Laue, Jindra.

caixua's A. Ichim got himself booked for a foul. The sun seemed to put D. Oliva in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. mazos took the lead after 23 minutes as a result of A. Mellilä's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. caixua's right side looked dangerous 32 minutes in, but R. Newton made a good save on L. Zanderink's hard shot to the top corner. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to mazos, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

D. Neşet could have put mazos up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 70 minutes. 73 minutes into the game caixua's A. Ichim found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 1 - 1. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Mellilä from mazos a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 76 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! mazos broke through on the left 78 minutes into the game, with E. Isenhardt firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 2 - 1 lead. After 79 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by E. Puskás might have resulted in another goal for mazos. However, S. Ramírez Guzmán made a spectacular save. The referee showed caixua's J. Pla the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. mazos claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

The most dominating mazos player was without a doubt E. Puskás. P. Iacob was a disappointment, however. caixua's best player was L. Zanderink. However, D. Oliva made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 1.