haybicho 2 - 2 Barberà (382946441)

17449 fans braved the pouring rain at haybicho celta stadium. Luki Rieger was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Aronne Bonetti and Patriek Zuiderwijk. A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for haybicho. Starters: Maggioni - Pelayo, Wylężek, Alcalde, Sepsey - Fandiaga, Deonas, Elejabeitia - Zeiler, Himmelsbach, Isola.

Barberà had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. They fielded: Blagojević - Cartañà, Tóth, Doboşan - Kraeussel, Gallienne, Zarpas Payá, Gabert - Huis, Cagnazzo, Jacxsens.

haybicho tried to focus their attacks down the middle. S. Cartañà's lack of experience almost gave haybicho a goal after 7 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. B. Fandiaga was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. R. Zarpas Payá had a good opportunity to give Barberà the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. Barberà's M. Cagnazzo gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 25 minutes with a superb strike from the right. Some fine movement on the left led to a Barberà goal after 26 minutes, making it 0 - 2. P. Gabert was noted down as the scorer. With 27 minutes played, S. Cartañà of Barberà fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Halftime score was 0 - 2. Barberà claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

After 53 minutes, G. Himmelsbach had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for haybicho with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. After 54 minutes, haybicho used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. As the game started to slip away for haybicho, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. The haybicho players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. The game was characterised by rough play and many physical challenges on the wet field, but M. Sepsey showed great heart and had a good game. haybicho were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. haybicho's G. Isola cut towards the middle after 75 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 1 - 2. O. Zeiler showed the skills that make him a real crowd pleaser as he, after 80 minutes, wove through the guests' entire central defence and put the 2 - 2 equaliser away. Possession in this half belonged to haybicho, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

Most important haybicho player was G. Isola. On the other hand, P. Alcalde's play was disheartening. Barberà's top performer was clearly R. Zarpas Payá. However, S. Cartañà made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 2.