nachiños 2 - 3 Chinguets (382970118)

The 26683 fans in attendance at PLACENTE STADIUM were roasting in the hot sun. Peter Šenkerík was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Giorgio Kooy and Mircea Ropotan. nachiños tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. They fielded: Miranda - Rönnsten, Ketellapper, Łopuski - Pumar, Venneri, Moiroux, Lunde - Launay, Shtarev, Estremera.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Chinguets. Starters: Mansoury - Maoret, Yläjärvi, Nicora - Janowiak, Sullivan, Barth, Widerdahl, Salzungen - Weissbrodt, Hartgring.

nachiños seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Chinguets saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Players in Chinguets heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. 5 minutes into the game, S. Hartgring was a hair's breadth away from giving Chinguets the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by H. Miranda saved the home team that time. Slack defending gave nachiños a chance to take the lead with 23 minutes played, but R. Ketellapper's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. 29 minutes into the game, nachiños's V. Moiroux surprised the visitors with a raking cross-field pass to M. Estremera who easily found the back of the net, making the score 1 - 0. With 32 minutes played, P. Lunde could have brought this one home for nachiños as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Chinguets had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. It was 1 - 0 at the break. nachiños enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of nachiños to 2 - 0 as J. Launay finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. At this point, it was obvious that the players of nachiños lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Chinguets's T. Yläjärvi was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 60 minutes. A. Sabitch was given a chance to change things around. With 60 minutes played, the Chinguets coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. D. Tzekov came on, M. Widerdahl had to leave the fray. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave G. Venneri from nachiños a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 62 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The away team improved the scoreline to 2 - 1, as F. Janowiak struck home, set up well by a play on the left 69 minutes into the match. After 71 minutes nachiños's M. Rönnsten limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Chinguets's D. Maoret got himself booked for a foul. The visiting team's J. Salzungen was able to score the 2 - 2 equaliser with a header 81 minutes into the match, after some good work on the right. With 83 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. C. Sullivan put the ball away for 2 - 3. Chinguets claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

nachiños's top performer was clearly M. Estremera. On the other hand, P. Lunde's play was disheartening. The most dominating Chinguets player was without a doubt J. Barth. R. Weissbrodt on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 3.