GIRONA 6 - 2 elgrancotes1984 (382964432)

Clear skies welcomed the 34426 spectators who had made their way to NOU ESTADI MONTILIVI. Vicente Ramos was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marcus Saltzer and Vitalie Iuşcenco. GIRONA decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Hafi - Tolosa, Seeleitner, Picquet - da Cruz, Gandy, Lucchesi, Kelz, Pijoan - Outeda, Sousa Azevedo.

elgrancotes1984 started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Vázquez - Paleologo-Morea, Planas, Parra - Molina Moreno, Ortiz Marmolejo, Parra, Dolader, Lezcano - Helausa, Aizpuru.

Today, elgrancotes1984's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. With the match clock at 1 minutes, elgrancotes1984 modified their style of play a little bit. After 17 minutes of play, A. Pijoan gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. After 19 minutes, elgrancotes1984's S. Dolader fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! GIRONA's F. Seeleitner left the field after 27 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was K. Olofsson. With 29 minutes played, GIRONA put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to R. Gandy, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. GIRONA managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when C. Sousa Azevedo cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. After 36 minutes, J. Lezcano sent the corner kick right to J. Helausa who headed it sharply past the keeper. 3 - 1! GIRONA solidified their lead at the 38 minute mark, as C. Lucchesi dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 4 - 1. C. Sousa Azevedo struck a 30 metre free kick home 39 minutes into the match. 5 - 1 for the home team. Halftime score was 5 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by GIRONA, with 71 percent of the ball.

C. Sousa Azevedo unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. A. da Cruz had a fantastic opportunity to put GIRONA up another goal 77 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. F. Planas was first to reach a ball launched long through the center from elgrancotes1984's defence 78 minutes into the game. He managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 5 - 2. Coming in on the left, M. Ortiz Marmolejo did everything right to get a goal for elgrancotes1984 after 80 minutes, but his finishing shot was stabbed clear by the keeper. Q. Khirqani was called on to replace GIRONA's A. Pijoan after 81 minutes following a nasty collision. Cheers filled the stadium as Q. Khirqani broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 6 - 2 to GIRONA. Confident in their lead, GIRONA's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. S. Aizpuru of elgrancotes1984 received a yellow card after 87 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Possession in this half belonged to GIRONA, who controlled the ball 70 percent of the time.

The most dominating GIRONA player was without a doubt C. Sousa Azevedo. R. Hafi on the other hand, had a terrible day. elgrancotes1984's top performer was clearly J. Helausa. S. Dolader was a disappointment, however. The match ends 6 - 2.