Brubaker 3 - 1 lebreles (382990819)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 19147 at Aragon Arena today. Sacco van Driezum was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ābrams Belovs and Anton Josefsson. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Brubaker. The following players had been chosen: Lukas - Marchesoli, Upiņš, Farabello - Zúñiga, Hernandez, Trillo, Las Heras Rueda, Ihanainen - Mercado, Atanes.

lebreles tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Lorandi - Juhász, Melo, Dumas - Tinant, Giannuzzi, Nájera Gómez, Gainzar, Mylemans - Niemelä, Gišventas.

Brubaker clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Brubaker broke through on the left 31 minutes into the game, with P. Hernandez firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. M. Mercado had a fantastic opportunity to put Brubaker up another goal 32 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. With 34 minutes played, Brubaker put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to S. Ihanainen, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. With 35 minutes played, D. Trillo of Brubaker fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. Brubaker enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

Brubaker's M. Mercado saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 50 minutes. D. Trillo left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 65 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. F. Torelli was the replacement. The Brubaker players could smell victory in the air. M. Mercado wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for D. Schweinfurt after 65 minutes. With 77 minutes played, P. Hernandez could have brought this one home for Brubaker as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by N. Gišventas. At last, lebreles's Á. Juhász was able to backheel the ball in. 2 - 1. After 80 minutes, Brubaker were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. R. Atanes did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 84 minutes, Brubaker did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, J. Zúñiga was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 3 - 1. With 86 minutes gone, Brubaker had a free kick in a decent position. Despite this being a great chance for a shot, they tried a cheeky move intended to bypass the defence. However, I. Upiņš did not manage to connect with it cleanly and the ball went out. Brubaker claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

R. Atanes performed admirably for Brubaker. On the other hand, I. Upiņš's play was disheartening. Most important lebreles player was N. Gišventas. G. Lorandi on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 1.