GIRONA 4 - 0 pretox (382964420)

29297 spectators arrived at NOU ESTADI MONTILIVI, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Alberto Restolho was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Henrik Schindler and Klas Adolfsson. GIRONA started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Hafi - Tolosa, Seeleitner, Picquet - da Cruz, Gandy, Lucchesi, Kelz, Riener - Widerstål, Sousa Azevedo.

pretox decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. Lineup: Ravantti - Konas, Seguer, Sánchez Diaz, Lobsang, Villareal - Karabinčik, Hjortshøj, Baciu, Wijffelaars - Vohralík.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for pretox. GIRONA had a good opportunity to take the lead as R. Gandy came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of M. Ravantti. GIRONA took the lead 18 minutes in, as D. Kelz broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. One of many good crosses from A. Riener on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by C. Sousa Azevedo, who scored for GIRONA. 2 - 0 GIRONA managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when R. Gandy cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. By now, the players in GIRONA felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. GIRONA put in a good effort on the right, but C. Sousa Azevedo saw his volley fly wide of the mark 38 minutes into the game. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. GIRONA claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the GIRONA coach let V. Outeda replace A. Riener after 50 minutes. pretox's counterattacks created a good chance for F. Wijffelaars on the right after 53 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. With 64 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of pretox resulted in a counterattack that set L. Vohralík free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. The visitors got a chance to pulling one back after 68 minutes, due to a defensive blunder leaving E. Villareal completely unmarked. His strike was pathetic though, easy prey for the home side's keeper. pretox had to make a substitution after 71 minutes. F. Wijffelaars limped off the field and was replaced by A. Danielson. V. Seguer was handed the pretox captain's armband. Cheers filled the stadium as F. Seeleitner broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 0 to GIRONA. GIRONA had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

The most dominating GIRONA player was without a doubt G. Widerstål. On the other hand, V. Outeda's play was disheartening. L. Vohralík performed admirably for pretox. M. Ravantti turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 0.