Esguevillas 3 - 0 Lula (382994311)

22768 spectators had come to Esguevillas F.C. Arena this cloudy day. Zhu Hock Wei was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yona Saadon and Carlos Martín Talamas. Esguevillas started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Bolibar - Malagarriga, Güell, Travesedo - Luković, Dotres, Aspero, Morin, van Duren - Carlen, Lize.

Lula decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Guerrero - López, Grandi Tognacci, Reay - Díez de Medina, Vilardefrancos, Kopač, Corres, Melón - Souday, Loebenstein.

It was obvious that Lula were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. The pressing tactics used by Lula were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. 18 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Esguevillas was É. Lize. After 19 minutes, V. Luković put Esguevillas ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Confident in their lead, Esguevillas's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. L. Carlen had a fantastic opportunity to put Esguevillas up another goal 23 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. After 33 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and L. Carlen gave the Esguevillas supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 0. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Esguevillas, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Esguevillas's S. Malagarriga saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 73 minutes. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, V. Kopač got himself booked. The manager of Lula was not happy. After 85 minutes Lula's C. Corres had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. N. Mestre came in to replace him. With 86 minutes played, Esguevillas's L. Carlen almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. Esguevillas enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

G. Morin performed admirably for Esguevillas. C. van Duren turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Lula player was without a doubt S. Souday. S. Guerrero was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 0.