Ribert 2 - 2 Pacense (382946115)

A scorching day at Mirat, where 25977 spectators were in place for today's match. Eduardo Vega was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dolf Dikkops and José Calisto. Ribert tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players took the field: Kardas - Pilón, Fornasini, Sumuvuori, Klika - Simčić, Dexter, Boivin, Bjerre, Sieburg - Keune.

Pacense decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: de la Venta - Amic, Mečíř, Caraballo - Vizirean, Alventosa, Kalniņš, Zadornov, Candal - Pulido, Ivančić.

Today, Pacense's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. The guests took the lead 30 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in D. Pulido scoring to make it 0 - 1. Ribert's E. Keune put his head to a high ball coming in from the right after 34 minutes, but the ball went wide. No matter how hard he tried, M. Klika just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 35 minutes. Pacense's T. Vizirean was shown a yellow card after 36 minutes for slicing down an opponent. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Ribert enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

54 minutes in, and Ribert were able to score the equalising goal to make it 1 - 1 when M. Klika picked up a pass coming in from the right and chipped it past the away team's keeper. When T. Vizirean made yet another studs-first tackle after 78 minutes, the referee was obliged to book the Pacense player for the second time, sending him off the pitch. D. Pulido found it hard to catch his breath today in the stifling heat. After 80 minutes, Pacense put themselves up 1 - 2, as J. Alventosa finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. The Pacense coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 80 minutes into the game. After 81 minutes of play, S. Simčić evened things up for Ribert with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 2 - 2. Ribert were very close to putting themselves one up after 85 minutes as T. Sieburg got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Ribert, with 60 percent of the ball.

Ribert's top performer was clearly O. Bjerre. However, M. Klika made a disastrous appearance. V. Ivančić performed admirably for Pacense. J. Caraballo turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 2.